Study on relationship between physical activity and characteristics of exercise behaviour among college students / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the relationship between physical activity ( PA) in college students and self?efficacy,and provide guarantee for improving health education in colleges. Methods International physical ac?tivity questionnaire( IPAQ) ,scales of physical behavior,scales of stage of change in physical exercise behavior,and scales of self?efficacy were used to test 504 students from some of colleges in Zhejiang province. Results Signifi?cantly more males (38.52%) than females (27.27%) were in the high activity tertile (P<0.01); the amount of PA per week in males and females were (4608±872.07)MET and(4361±674.03)MET(P<0.01); the scores of males and females were (3.32±0.44) and(3.04±0.36),(P<0.01). The number of males (35.5%) in maintenance period and period of action is greater than that of females (28.9%). Males had higher self?efficacy and more scores of behavior than females (P<0.05) . There were significant characteristics of PA in their self?efficacy,score of be?havior and stages of change( F=18.38, F=15.08, F=34.71, P<0.01),and a significant correlation between PA and self?efficacy,stages of change and physical exercise behavior ( r=0.336, r=0.36, r=0.46, P<0.01).Conclu?sion Self?efficacy may have important effect on the level of PA. Stages of change and scores of behavior may ex?plain difference of PA between males and females.