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- Title
Osteoporosis prevention among young women: psychosocial models of calcium consumption and weight-bearing exercise.
- Authors
Schmiege, Sarah J; Aiken, Leona S; Sander, Jennifer L; Gerend, Mary A
- Abstract
To examine the putative determinants of two osteoporosis-preventive behaviors, calcium consumption and weight-bearing exercise, in 2 samples of young women (Sample 1, n = 202; Sample 2, n = 209). A common psychosocial model of both behaviors, comprising the health belief model and augmented with constructs drawn from social cognitive theory and the theory of planned behavior, was developed, tested, and replicated.
- Publication
Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2007, Vol 26, Issue 5, p577
- ISSN
0278-6133
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/0278-6133.26.5.577