Positive messaging promotes walking in older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 329-341

  Notthoff, Nanna ^a   Carstensen, Laura L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Health messages; Positivity effect; Socioemotional selectivity theory; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SENESCENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902985633     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036748     Document Type: Article

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