A meta-analysis of college students' physical activity behaviors

XD Keating, J Guan, JC Piñero… - Journal of American …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The authors reviewed studies on college students' physical activity (PA) behaviors and
found that previous research on this topic focused on describing college students' PA …

Perceived exercise benefits and barriers of non-exercising female university students in the United Kingdom

GP Lovell, WE Ansari, JK Parker - International journal of environmental …, 2010 - mdpi.com
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 …

Prevalence of health risk behaviours related to non-communicable diseases amongst South African university students: a systematic review

GE Florence, WE Derman, JM Popperwell… - Journal of Public …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Engagement in risk behaviours adopted during university continues after
graduation, increasing the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This systematic …

The association between perceived spirituality, religiosity, and life satisfaction: The mediating role of self-rated health

KJ Zullig, RM Ward, T Horn - Social Indicators Research, 2006 - Springer
This study examined the mediating role of self-perceived health between perceived
spirituality, religiosity, and life satisfaction among a stratified, random sample of college …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of physical inactivity and perceived barriers to physical activity among health college students, south-western Saudi Arabia

NJ Awadalla, AE Aboelyazed, MA Hassanein… - … Mediterr Health J, 2014 - apps.who.int
Physical inactivity is a public health problem in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study was
carried out to evaluate the pattern of physical activity, predictors of physical inactivity and …

Physical activity, sport participation, and perceived barriers to engagement in first-year Canadian university students

AM Thomas, KM Beaudry… - … of Physical Activity …, 2019 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Physical activity (PA) declines during early adulthood with higher rates of
inactivity in university students. The authors aimed to examine the frequency, intensity, time …

An ecologically based examination of barriers to physical activity in students from grade seven through first-year university

NC Gyurcsik, KS Spink, SR Bray, K Chad… - Journal of adolescent …, 2006 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The first purpose was to identify barriers to physical activity that students in
grade seven through first-year university experienced. A second purpose was to classify …

Coping with barriers to vigorous physical activity during transition to university

NC Gyurcsik, SR Bray, DR Brittain - Family & Community Health, 2004 - journals.lww.com
This study examined barriers to vigorous physical activity (VPA) among 132 students
transitioning from high school to the first year of a university. An ecological framework was …

Historical perspective and current status of the physical education graduation requirement at American 4-year colleges and universities

BJ Cardinal, SD Sorensen… - Research Quarterly for …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This study gives an overview of the history of required physical education in America's 4-
year colleges and universities and provides an update on the requirement status. After …

Health-promoting behavior and lifestyle characteristics of students as a function of sex and academic level

C Müller, K El-Ansari, W El Ansari - International journal of environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
University students frequently engage in unhealthy behaviors. However, there is a lack of
studies examining a wide range of their lifestyle characteristics by sex and academic level of …