Positive affect and self-affirmation are beneficial, but do they facilitate maintenance of health-behavior change? A self-determination theory perspective

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 327-328

  Williams, Geoffrey C ^a,b,c,d   Niemiec, Christopher P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Healthy Living Center   (United States)

^d Center for Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ASTHMA; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMPETENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPATHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MOTIVATION; NOTE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 84857856432     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1830     Document Type: Note

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