Validation of physical activity habit strength with subjective and objective criterion measures

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-71

  Thurn, Julia ^a   Finne, Emily ^b   Brandes, Mirko ^c   Bucksch, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habit strength; Physical activity; Reliability; Self Report Habit Index; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886867540     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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