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‘The positive feel’: Unpacking the role of positive thinking in people with multiple sclerosis’s thinking aloud about staying physically active

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People with multiple sclerosis experience barriers to physical activity. Thought processes are interwoven with garnering motivation to overcome these barriers. This study investigated in-depth the role of positive thinking in physical activity motivation of two women and two men with multiple sclerosis. Participants thought aloud while completing standardised measures of physical activity, stages of change and self-efficacy, and in response to planned and spontaneous questions. Four themes we...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1177/1359105315592047

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Oxford college:
Magdalen College
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0001-6140-4058
Publisher:
SAGE Publications Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Health Psychology Journal website
Volume:
21
Issue:
12
Pages:
3026-3036
Publication date:
2015-07-13
Acceptance date:
2015-05-20
DOI:
EISSN:
1461-7277
ISSN:
1359-1053
Pmid:
26169440
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:691722
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uuid:08d197c8-7891-4ead-bdd9-745be2fb81c8
Local pid:
pubs:691722
Source identifiers:
691722
Deposit date:
2018-11-29

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