Predicting physical activity of first-year university students: An application of the theory of planned behavior

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-55

  Wing Kwan, Matthew Yiu ^a,b   Bray, Steven Russell ^a   Martin Ginis, Kathleen Anne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

College students; Exercise; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 67849119855     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JACH.58.1.45-55     Document Type: Article

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