Physical activity, mind wandering, affect, and sleep: An ecological momentary assessment

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Fanning, Jason ^a   Mackenzie, Michael ^b   Roberts, Sarah ^a   Crato, Ines ^b   Ehlers, Diane ^a   McAuley, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Attention; mHealth; Physical activity; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016430191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.5855     Document Type: Article

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