Social support for healthy behaviors: Scale psychometrics and prediction of weight loss among women in a behavioral program

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 756-764

  Kiernan, Michaela ^a   Moore, Susan D ^a   Schoffman, Danielle E ^a   Lee, Katherine ^a   King, Abby C ^a   Taylor, C Barr ^a   Kiernan, Nancy E ^b   Perri, Michael G ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859218305     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.293     Document Type: Article

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