Time perspective, personality and smoking, body mass, and physical activity: An empirical study

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-105

  Adams, Jean ^a   Nettle, Daniel ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICISM; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEUROSIS; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TIME PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; AGED; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63249135012     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910708X299664     Document Type: Article

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