Is My Exercise Partner Similar Enough? Partner Characteristics as a Moderator of the Köhler Effect in Exergames

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 436-441

  Forlenza, Samuel T ^a   Kerr, Norbert L ^a,b   Irwin, Brandon C ^c   Feltz, Deborah L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84992691611     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2012.0047     Document Type: Article

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