Translating good intentions into physical activity: older adults with low prospective memory ability profit from planning

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 472-482

  Wolff, Julia K ^a   Warner, Lisa M ^a,b   Ziegelmann, Jochen P ^a   Wurm, Susanne ^c   Kliegel, Matthias ^d  

^a GERMAN CENTRE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Action planning; Coping planning; Older adults; Physical activity; Prospective memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE; MEDIATOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROFIT; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; SKILL; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; BEHAVIOR; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84955309468     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-015-9707-5     Document Type: Article

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