Contextualizing Health Behaviors: The Role of Personal Goals

Self-Regulation in Health Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 25-43

  Gebhardt, Winifred A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Behavioral decisions; Health behavior; Multiple goals; Personal goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889278015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713150.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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