Scale development for measuring and predicting adolescents' leisure time physical activity behavior

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 629-638

  Ries, Francis ^a   Granados, Santiago Romero ^a   Galarraga, Silvia Arribas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Behavior; Physical activity; Psychology; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249099422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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