Application of a social cognitive model in explaining physical activity in Iranian female adolescents

Health Education Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-267

  Taymoori, P ^a   Rhodes, R E ^b   Berry, T R ^c  

^a Kurdistan Medical University   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CULTURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77952916006     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyn051     Document Type: Article

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