Exploring affective responses to different exercise intensities in low-active young adolescents

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 548-568

  Stych, Kate ^a   Parfitt, Gaynor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Affective responses; Dose response; Dual mode theory; Exercise; Ventilatory threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051735047     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.33.4.548     Document Type: Article

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