Correlates of daily leisure-time physical activity in a community sample: Narrow personality traits and practical barriers

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1227-1235

  Gallagher, Patrick ^a   Yancy Jr , William S ^a,b   Denissen, Jaap J A ^c   Kühnel, Anja ^d   Voils, Corrine I ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leisure Time physical activity; Personality; Physical activity barriers; Traits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; STANDING; WEATHER;

EID: 84888400958     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029956     Document Type: Article

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