Social support and the likelihood of maintaining and improving levels of physical activity: the Whitehall II Study

Anne Kouvonen; Roberto De Vogli; Mai Stafford; Martin J Shipley; Michael G Marmot; Tom Cox; Jussi Vahtera; Ari Väänänen; Tarja Heponiemi; Archana Singh-Manoux; Mika Kivimäki

doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckr091

Social support and the likelihood of maintaining and improving levels of physical activity: the Whitehall II Study

Anne Kouvonen, Roberto De Vogli, Mai Stafford, Martin J Shipley, Michael G Marmot, Tom Cox, Jussi Vahtera, Ari Väänänen, Tarja Heponiemi, Archana Singh-Manoux, Mika Kivimäki

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Abstract

Background: Evidence on the association between social support and leisure time physical activity (LTPA) is scarce and mostly based on cross-sectional data with different types of social support collapsed into a single index. The aim of this study was to investigate whether social support from the closest person was associated with LTPA.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	514-8
Number of pages	5
Journal	European Journal of Public Health
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckr091
Publication status	Published - Aug 2012

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Kouvonen, A., De Vogli, R., Stafford, M., Shipley, M. J., Marmot, M. G., Cox, T., Vahtera, J., Väänänen, A., Heponiemi, T., Singh-Manoux, A., & Kivimäki, M. (2012). Social support and the likelihood of maintaining and improving levels of physical activity: the Whitehall II Study. European Journal of Public Health, 22(4), 514-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckr091

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Social support and the likelihood of maintaining and improving levels of physical activity: the Whitehall II Study

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