Predictors of physical activity patterns across adulthood: A growth curve analysis

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1058-1072

  Kern, Margaret L ^a   Reynolds, Chandra A ^a   Friedman, Howard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth curve analyses; Life span patterns; Personality; Physical activity; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955299887     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210374834     Document Type: Article

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