The Influence of Chronically Accessible Autonomous and Controlling Motives on Physical Activity Within an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 445-470

  McLachlan, Sarah ^a   Hagger, Martin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79951830128     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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