Health motives and health behaviour self-regulation in older adults

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 491-500

  Schüz, Benjamin ^a   Wurm, Susanne ^a   Warner, Lisa M ^a,b   Wolff, Julia K ^a   Schwarzer, Ralf ^b,c  

^a GERMAN CENTRE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Health behaviour theories; Health motivation; Health motives; Moderated mediation; Multimorbidity; Older adults; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84901593564     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-013-9504-y     Document Type: Article

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