Sustaining Exercise Choices: How Women Over 40 Use Exergames (original) (raw)
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These individuals and the staff of the Kinesiology Department provided me with many resources that made this research possible. Furthermore, I would also like to give special thanks to the MAC staff, especially Durl Rather and Blair Schuyler, for their assistance in providing me with the facilities and resources to function. Acknowledgement must also be given to my research assistants John Havens, Alyssa Mitte, Padraic Murphy and Garrett Gatchel for all their assistance during this project. I also want to recognize my fellow graduate student and friend Jeff Swanson, MA for his years of support that directly contributed to this research. Additionally, I want to thank the most important person in my life, my spouse Kathy Jenney, for her undying support and love that gave me the strength to put in countless late nights and early mornings in the name of research. Finally, I wish to give extra special thanks to my wonderful mentor Angela Liegey Dougall. Your years of advice, support and guidance for this project as well as for countless others will never be forgotten.
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