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Health Psychology Review Volume 14, 2020 - Issue 1: Understanding and Predicting Health Behaviour Change: A Contemporary View Through the Lenses of Meta-Reviews; Guest Editors: Karina W. Davidson and Urte Scholz
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Self-regulation mechanisms in health behavior change: a systematic meta-review of meta-analyses, 2006–2017

Emily A. HennessyInstitute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Blair T. JohnsonInstitute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAView further author information
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Rebecca L. AcabchukInstitute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAView further author information
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Kiran McCloskeyInstitute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAView further author information
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Jania Stewart-JamesInstitute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAView further author information
Pages 6-42 | Received 18 Feb 2019, Accepted 09 Oct 2019, Published online: 12 Feb 2020

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