Psychosocial factors underlying physical activity
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Psychosocial factors underlying physical activity
BACKGROUND Given the increasing importance of obesity in China, prevention interventions encouraging physical activity by middle school students are needed. The purpose of this study is to illustrate how a rapid elicitation method can be used to identify salient consequences, referents, and circumstances about physical activity as perceived by middle school students and to provide suggestions f...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1479-5868
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-4-38