Mediating effects of body image satisfaction on exercise behavior, depressive symptoms, and gestational weight gain in pregnancy

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-390

  Rauff, Erica L ^a   Downs, Danielle Symons ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image satisfaction; Depression; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856911219     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-011-9300-2     Document Type: Article

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