A test of cognitive mediation in a 12-month physical activity workplace intervention: Does it explain behaviour change in women?

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a,b   Pickering, Michael A ^b   Rhodes, Ryan E ^c   Courneya, Kerry S ^b   Spence, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEISURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77955706977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-7-32     Document Type: Article

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