Psychosocial and environmental factors associated with dog-walking

International Journal of Health Promotion and Education

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 198-211

  Richards, Elizabeth A ^a   McDonough, Meghan H ^b   Edwards, Nancy E ^a   Lyle, Roseann M ^b   Troped, Philip J ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

pets; self efficacy; social cognitive theory; social ecological; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WALKING;

EID: 84883046082     PISSN: 14635240     EISSN: 21649545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14635240.2013.802546     Document Type: Article

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