Student Attitudes toward Sports and Fitness Activities after Graduation

Recreational Sports Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-99

  Forrester, Scott ^a   Arterberry, Christopher ^b   Barcelona, Bob ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

benefits; campus recreation; involvement theory; recreational; regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886620564     PISSN: 15588661     EISSN: 1558867X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/rsj.30.2.87     Document Type: Article

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