Planning health behaviour change: Comparing the behavioural influence of two types of selfregulatory planning

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-149

  Van Osch, Liesbeth ^a,b   Reubsaet, Astrid ^a,b   Lechner, Lilian ^a,c   Beenackers, Mariëlle ^b   Candel, Math ^a,b   De Vries, Hein ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; COGNITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 75149161961     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910709X436723     Document Type: Article

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