Cognitive and personality factors in the prediction of health behaviors: an examination of total, direct and indirect effects

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1057-1068

  Hall, Peter A ^a   Fong, Geoffrey T ^a,b   Epp, Lynette J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Executive function; Health behavior; Inhibition; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; STROOP TEST; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919902738     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-013-9535-4     Document Type: Article

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