Gone exercising: Mental contrasting promotes physical activity among overweight, middle-aged, low-SES fishermen

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 802-809

  Sheeran, Paschal ^a   Harris, Peter ^a   Vaughan, Jennifer ^a   Oettingen, Gabriele ^b   Gollwitzer, Peter M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exercise; Intervention; Mental contrasting; Physical activity; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ENGLAND; EXERCISE; FANTASY; FISHERIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 84882608738     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029293     Document Type: Article

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