Ghulam Ishaq, Rafia Rafique.
Impact of Perceived Barriers on Paticipation of Leisure Time Physical Activity among University Students.
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;17(3):28-30.

OBJECTIVE: To find the impact of perceived barriers in participation of leisure time physical activity. STUDY DESIGN: The co-relational research design. PLACE AND DURATION OF THE STUDY: This study was conducted at Institute of Applied Psychology, University of The Punjab. This study took 6 month for completion. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Survey method was used to collect data for current study. The convenient sample of the present study (N = 300) taken from two universities i.e. University of the Punjab (Government University) and University of Management and Technology, Lahore (Private University). The sample comprised both female students (n= 158) and male students (n = 142) between the age range of 18-30 years with the M = 25.71 years and SD = 1.72. The students with any physical or psychological disability were excluded in the present study. 350 questionnaire booklets were distributed among participants out of which 316 were returned to the researcher with response rate of 90%. Sixteen questionnaires were discarded because of missing response and response set. Perceived barriers and leisure time physical questionnaire were used in this survey. RESULTS: The perceived barriers (lack of time, lack of skills and lack of resources) negatively predicted leisure time physical activity which revealed that as perceived barriers (lack of time, lack of skills and lack of resources) increase the level of leisure time physical activity decrease. CONCLUSION: This study also identified potential environmental and interpersonal barriers such as lack of time, resources and skills that prevent students from performing physical activity. These barriers will continue to prevent students from engaging in physical activity regardless of knowledge about its benefits. These findings provide useful information for future planning and implementation of physical activity interventions for students.

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