Testing two stage assessments in a Chinese college student sample: Correspondences and discontinuity patterns across stages

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-313

  Duan, Yanping ^a   Lippke, Sonia ^b,c   Wagner, Petra ^d   Brehm, Walter ^e  

^a WUHAN SPORTS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discontinuity patterns; Intention; Planning; Self efficacy; Social support; Stage theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955019482     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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