Predicting maintenance of attendance at walking groups: Testing constructs from three leading maintenance theories

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 752-756

  Kassavou, Aikaterini ^a   Turner, Andrew ^b   Hamborg, Thomas ^c   French, David P ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maintenance; Physical activity; Theory; Walking groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; WALKING; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HABIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF HELP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; WALKING;

EID: 84903556610     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000015     Document Type: Article

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