Groupness and adherence in structured exercise settings

Group Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-173

  Spink, Kevin S ^a   Wilson, Kathleen S ^a   Priebe, Carly S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adherence; Groupness; Groups; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954160871     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017596     Document Type: Article

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