Using Imagery to Enhance Three Types of Exercise Self-Efficacy among Sedentary Women

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-126

  Duncan, Lindsay R ^a   Rodgers, Wendy M ^b   Hall, Craig R ^c   Wilson, Philip M ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise; Imagery; Intervention; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855745965     PISSN: 17580846     EISSN: 17580854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-0854.2010.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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