Social support for physical activity—role of Facebook with and without structured intervention

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 346-354

  Cavallo, David N ^a,c   Tate, Deborah F ^b   Ward, Dianne S ^a   DeVellis, Robert F ^b   Thayer, Linden M ^a   Ammerman, Alice S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Intervention studies; Online social networking; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRIEND; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84920576560     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-014-0269-9     Document Type: Article

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