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- Title
Coping with barriers to vigorous physical activity during transition to university.
- Authors
Gyurcsik, Nancy C; Bray, Steven R; Brittain, Danielle R
- Abstract
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 used to classify barriers, and coping self-efficacy (CSE) and task self-efficacy (TSE) were investigated as predictors of VPA. Consistent with population data, 47% of the sample failed to meet national recommendations for VPA. Participants most often cited institutional, intrapersonal, and interpersonal barriers. CSE predicted TSE, which predicted VPA. A greater understanding of ecologically categorized barriers and the relationship of self-efficacy to VPA may aid health care practitioners in the design of targeted interventions to facilitate VPA and health among freshmen students.
- Publication
Family & community health, 2004, Vol 27, Issue 2, p130
- ISSN
0160-6379
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1097/00003727-200404000-00006