How personal trainers can use self-efficacy theory to enhance exercise behavior in beginning exercisers

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 67-71

  Jackson, Doug ^a  

^a Personal Fitness Advantage   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise adherence and self efficacy; Increasing self efficacy; Self efficacy and personal training; Self efficacy theory; Self efficacy theory and exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955754643     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e3181d81c10     Document Type: Article

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