How dynamic are exercise group dynamics? Examining changes in cohesion within class-based exercise programs

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1240-1243

  Dunlop, William L ^a   Falk, Carl F ^a   Beauchamp, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise groups; Longitudinal; Multilevel modeling; Social cohesion; Task cohesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84888422928     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030412     Document Type: Article

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