Momentary assessment of adults' physical activity and sedentary behavior: Feasibility and validity

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Dunton, Genevieve Fridlund ^a   Liao, Yue ^a   Kawabata, Keito ^a   Intille, Stephen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Adults; Ecological momentary assessment; Physical activity; Sedentary behavior; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867182942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00260     Document Type: Article

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