Incorporating Personality Assessment into Counseling To Help College Students Adopt and Maintain Exercise Behaviors.

Buckworth, Janet; Granello, Darcy Haag; Belmore, Jennifer

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ERIC Number: EJ646819

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Incorporating Personality Assessment into Counseling To Help College Students Adopt and Maintain Exercise Behaviors.

Buckworth, Janet; Granello, Darcy Haag; Belmore, Jennifer

Journal of College Counseling, v5 n1 p15-25 Spr 2002

The authors investigated the influence of several personality traits on exercise adherence and exercise self-efficacy for 168 undergraduate students. At all levels of exercise adherence, students with different personality traits had different amounts of exercise self-efficacy. Implications for college counselors working with students to improve exercise adherence are considered. (Author)

Descriptors: College Students, Counseling Psychology, Exercise, Health Behavior, Health Promotion, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Personality Measures, Personality Traits

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Language: English

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