A key aspect for researchers to consider when developing culturally appropriate physical
activity (PA) interventions for African American (AA) women are the specific barriers AA …

The utility of lifestyle-based health promotion interventions is directly affected by participant
adherence to prescribed behavior changes. Unfortunately, poor adherence to behaviors …

Worldwide, people engage insufficiently in physical activity, particularly subjects aged 80
years and over. For optimal life-style campaigns, knowledge of motivators and barriers for …

Psychological Dynamics of Sport and Exercise, Fourth Edition, reflects the latest
developments in the field of sport and exercise psychology and presents various …

Little is known about the social and contextual correlates (eg, social norms, environment,
social networks, and organizational support) influencing the adoption and maintenance of …

The main goal of this research is to study in detail the main characteristics of university
students in order to find out the reasons why they have adopted an inactive lifestyle. In order …

Three questions guided a literature review of the transtheoretical model (TTM) as applied to
exercise to address the evidence for stage-matched interventions, the description of priority …

Background: Perceived barriers are modifiable correlates of participation in physical activity.
Associations of specific perceived barriers with participation in and level of walking for …

Although not a new concept, church‐based health promotion programs have yet to be
widely researched. Few of the initial studies used randomized and controlled designs …

Aims. This study explored barriers that older residents of long‐term care (LTC) institutions
experience in regular physical activity participation. Background. Despite the benefits of …