Reasons and Barriers for University Students' Leisure-Time Physical Activity: Moderating Effect of Health Education.

Autor: Sukys S; Department of Health, Physical and Social Education, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania., Cesnaitiene VJ; Department of Health, Physical and Social Education, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania., Emeljanovas A; Department of Health, Physical and Social Education, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania., Mieziene B; Department of Health, Physical and Social Education, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania., Valantine I; Department of Sport Management, Economics and Sociology, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania., Ossowski ZM; Faculty of Tourism and Recreation, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, Gdańsk, Poland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Perceptual and motor skills [Percept Mot Skills] 2019 Dec; Vol. 126 (6), pp. 1084-1100. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Aug 13.
DOI: 10.1177/0031512519869089
Abstrakt: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between health education and motives and barriers for university students' engagement in leisure-time physical activity (PA). The research sample included 709 students (312 females and 397 males) in different years of study, ranging in age between 18-25 years. A questionnaire survey method revealed a significant positive relationship between fitness and health motives and students' leisure-time PA. External barriers were negative predictors of students' leisure-time PA, while more health education-related courses per week were positively associated with students' leisure-time PA. Finally, we found that the number of health education-related courses per week moderated the relationship between fitness and health motives and students' leisure-time PA. These findings suggest that university students' fitness and health motives and external barriers to be physically active outweigh other motives and barriers in determining their leisure-time PA. In addition, health education in university studies can effectively increase students' health-related motivation for PA.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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