Does planning how to cope with anticipated barriers facilitate health-related behaviour change? A systematic review

Health Psychology Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-145

  Kwasnicka, Dominika ^a,b   Presseau, Justin ^a,b   White, Martin ^a,b   Sniehotta, Falko F ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

barriers; behaviour change; coping; implementation intentions; planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886415424     PISSN: 17437199     EISSN: 17437202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2013.766832     Document Type: Review

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