The relationship between achievement of walking goals and exercise self-efficacy in postmenopausal African American women

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-314

  Williams, Bernadette R ^a   Bezner, Janet R ^b   Chesbro, Steven B ^c   Leavitt, Ronnie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b American Physical Therapy Association   (United States)

^c ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Brisk walking; Exercise adherence; Health promotion; Pedometer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDOMETER; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WALKING;

EID: 67650311703     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TGR.0b013e31818ccfed     Document Type: Article

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