Contextual and individual predictors of physical activity: Interactions between environmental factors and health cognitions

Health Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 714-723

  Schüz, Benjamin ^a,b   Wurm, Susanne ^b   Ziegelmann, Jochen P ^b   Wolff, Julia K ^b   Tesch Römer, Clemens ^b   Warner, Lisa M ^b,c   Schwarzer, Ralf ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GERMAN CENTRE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Environment; Health behavior theory; Multilevel modeling; Physical activity; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84874351587     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027596     Document Type: Article

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