Is anxiety about health associated with desire to exercise, physical activity, and exercise dependence?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1059-1062

  Pugh, Nicole E ^a   Hadjistavropoulos, Heather D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive behaviour model; Exercise dependence; Health anxiety; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053233101     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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