Exercise Adherence in College Students: Issues and Preliminary Results.

Buckworth, Janet

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ERIC Number: EJ642184

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Publication Date: 2001

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Exercise Adherence in College Students: Issues and Preliminary Results.

Buckworth, Janet

Quest, v53 n3 p335-45 Aug 2001

Examines college students' exercise adherence, illustrating the measurement and application of behavior change theories using the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change. Preliminary results from Project TEAM (Teaching Exercise/Activity Maintenance), a 3-year project at a large, midwestern university, indicated value in classifying participants into exercise stages to describe changes during a physical activity class and to predict exercise adherence. (SM)

Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Students, Health Behavior, Higher Education, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Physical Fitness, Student Behavior

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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