Stopping the drop: examining the impact of a pilot physical literacy-based intervention program on physical activity behaviours and fitness during the transition into …

MYW Kwan, JD Graham, C Healey, N Paolucci… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The move to university is a major life transition associated with precipitous declines in
physical activity (PA). While it remains unclear how these declines can be best attenuated …

'When I have time pressure, sport is the first thing that is cancelled': A mixed-methods study on barriers to physical activity among university students in Germany

J Hilger-Kolb, A Loerbroks, K Diehl - Journal of sports sciences, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The transition from school to university has been found to be associated with a decline in
physical activity (PA). As regular engagement in PA plays an important role in preventing …

The Mediating Effect of Physical Activity in the Relationship between Body Image and Life Satisfaction.

MR Al Sulaimi, FD Hutaglung, SK Bin Syed Ali - International Journal of …, 2022 - ERIC
The current study is intended to study the mediating role of physical activity (PA) in the
relationship between body image (satisfaction/dissatisfaction) and life satisfaction …

[HTML][HTML] Perceived barriers of young adults for participation in physical activity

M Sabharwal - … in Nutrition and Food Science Journal, 2018 - foodandnutritionjournal.org
Perceived Barriers of Young Adults for Participation in Physical Activity Close Current
Research in Nutrition and Food Science - An open access, peer reviewed international journal …

Leisure constraints for adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa: A qualitative study

LA Palen, ME Patrick, SL Gleeson, LL Caldwell… - Leisure …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This study identified leisure constraints, constraints negotiation strategies, and their relative
frequencies among 114 high school students from one under-resourced area of South …

[PDF][PDF] Experiences of children with autism spectrum disorders in adapted physical education.

J Blagrave - European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity, 2017 - researchgate.net
School-age children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are rarely asked to describe their
experiences within the programs that they receive and are largely missing from the narrative …

Health behavior changes in adolescence and young adulthood: Implications for cardiometabolic risk.

ME Ames, BJ Leadbeater, SWS MacDonald - Health Psychology, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Adolescence and young adulthood produce developmentally salient and
contextual challenges for health behavior choices. The present study examines how …

Life transitions in the waning of physical activity from childhood to adult life in the Trois-Rivières study

R Larouche, L Laurencelle… - … of Physical Activity …, 2012 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Several studies have reported an age-related decline of physical activity (PA).
We examined the impact of 4 important transitional periods—adolescence, the beginning of …

Niveles de actividad física y motivación en los estudiantes universitarios. Diferencias en función del perfil académico vinculado a la práctica físico-deportiva.

A Práxedes Pizarro, A Moreno, F del Villar… - 2016 - zaguan.unizar.es
En el ámbito educativo los docentes ejercen una figura clave en la transmisión de hábitos
de vida saludables, entre los que se incluye la práctica de actividad física (AF). Tomando …

Using an alternate reality game to increase physical activity and decrease obesity risk of college students

JD Johnston, AP Massey, RL Marker-Hoffman - 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: This quasi-experimental study investigated a game intervention—specifically,
an alternate reality game (ARG)—as a means to influence college students' physical activity …