Attendance behavior of ex-members in fitness clubs: A retrospective study applying the stages of change

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 350-359

  Middelkamp, Jan ^a   Van Rooijen, Maaike ^a   Steenbergen, Bert ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adherence; Adoption; Drop out; Fitness; Maintenance

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADULT; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007590812     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0031512516631075     Document Type: Article

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