Perceived Exercise Benefits and Barriers of Non-Exercising Female University Students in the United Kingdom

Geoff P. Lovell, Walid El Ansari and John K. Parker
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Geoff P. Lovell: School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Walid El Ansari: Faculty of Sport, Health & Social Care, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, UK
John K. Parker: Faculty of Sport, Health & Social Care, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, UK

IJERPH, 2010, vol. 7, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: Many individuals do not engage in sufficient physical activity due to low perceived benefits and high perceived barriers to exercise. Given the increasing incidence of obesity and obesity related health disorders, this topic requires further exploration. We used the Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale to assess perceived benefit and barrier intensities to exercise in 200 non-exercising female university students (mean age 19.3 years, SD = 1.06) in the UK. Although our participants were selected because they self reported themselves to be non-exercising, however they reported significantly higher perceived benefits from exercise than perceived barriers to exercise [t(199) = 6.18, p

Keywords: physical activity; female university students; motivation; benefits; barriers; non-exercising (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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