Physical activity, sedentary time and subjective well-being in Taiwanese older adults

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-262

  Ku, P O Wen ^a,d   Fox, Kenneth R ^b   Chen, L I Jung ^c   Chou, Pesus ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Life satisfaction; Quality of life; Sedentary behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960232699     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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