Maintenance of Health Behavior Change: Additional Challenges for Self-Regulation Theory, Research, and Practice

Self-Regulation in Health Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 193-215

  de Wit, John B F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary behavior; Health behavior; Notorious obstacles; Self regulatory challenges; Self regulatory vigilance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889449858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713150.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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