Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sedentary Behavior in College Students

Buckworth, Janet; Nigg, Claudio R.

doi:10.3200/jach.53.1.28-34

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“…Previous research has suggested that there are gender differences in regard to both exercise behaviour and alcohol consumption, with males being more likely to exercise (e.g., Buckworth & Nigg, 2004) and to consume more alcohol (e.g., Wilsnack, Wilsnack, Kristjanson, Vogeltanz-Holm & Gmel, 2009)) than females.…”

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The moderating impact of self‐esteem on self‐affirmation effects

Düring

Jessop

2014

British J Health Psychol

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Objectives This study explored whether self‐esteem would moderate the effectiveness of a self‐affirmation manipulation at increasing openness to personally relevant health‐risk information. Design The study employed a prospective experimental design. Method Participants (N = 328) completed either a self‐affirmation manipulation or a control task, prior to reading information detailing the health‐related consequences of taking insufficient exercise. They then completed a series of measures assessing their cognitions towards exercise and their derogation of the information. Exercise behaviour was assessed at 1‐week follow‐up. Results Self‐esteem moderated the impact of self‐affirmation on the majority of outcomes. For participants with low self‐esteem, the self‐affirmation manipulation resulted in more positive attitudes and intentions towards exercise, together with lower levels of derogation of the health‐risk information. By contrast, there was no effect of the self‐affirmation manipulation on outcomes for participants with high self‐esteem. Conclusion Findings suggest that self‐affirmation manipulations might be of particular benefit for those with low self‐esteem in terms of promoting openness towards health‐risk information. This is promising from a health promotion perspective, as individuals with low self‐esteem often represent those most in need of intervention. What is already known on this subject? Self‐affirmation has been shown to result in more open processing of personally relevant health‐risk information. Individuals low in self‐esteem tend to process such information more defensively than those high in self‐esteem. What does this study add? It explores whether self‐esteem moderates the impact of self‐affirmation on responses to health‐risk information. Findings suggest that individuals with low self‐esteem benefit most from the self‐affirmation manipulation. This has important applied implications, as individuals with low self‐esteem may be most in need of intervention.

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confidence: 99%

The moderating impact of self‐esteem on self‐affirmation effects

Düring

Jessop

2014

British J Health Psychol

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“…The percentages almost double in college (19% of males and 26% of females). Buckworth and Nigg's [10] finding that college students spend almost 30 hours a week engaged in sedentary activity support these data. While rates of physical activity steadily decline in college [33] it is true that habits formed during college tend to be fairly well sustained.…”

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“…Calfas and colleagues [11] reported that 84.7% of college seniors who exercised regularly were active a decade later. Unfortunately, the opposite appears to be true as well; 80% of inactive college seniors continue their sedentary behavioral patterns after college [10,33,43,50]. Given that engaging in physical activity leads to a host of well-established physiological and psychological benefits [5,18,46,48,49] and that lack of physical activity is a modifiable risk factor of chronic disease understanding how to enhance the college students' experience in physical activity is critical.…”

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College students’ perceptions of a caring climate in group physical activity classes

Newland

Newton

Stark

et al. 2017

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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SummaryStudy aim: Research suggests that physical activity rates decline sharply after high school. The pattern of activity or inactivity during college tends to persist into adulthood. A critical need exists for examination of strategies to engage college-age students in physical activity habits. One way to do this is through physical activity courses offered in colleges. This study examines the relationship between perceptions of a caring psychological climate and group connectedness, enjoyment, and attitudes toward classmates and the instructor in group physical activity courses. Material and methods: Participants were 174 students (107 males and 67 females; Mage = 21.71) enrolled in exercise, martial arts, and sports courses at a large university in the Mountain West. Results: Perceptions of a caring climate were significantly related to enhanced feelings of group connectedness, heightened enjoyment, and more positive attitudes toward classmates and instructor. Discussion: These findings suggest that a strategy to foster engagement in physical activity courses on campus is to train instructors to value, support, and welcome students.

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“…For sedentary behavior one question addressed how many hours the student watched TV or played video games on an average day (Buckworth and Nigg 2004). Validity of this item has shown a small negative correlation in PA with children (Nigg 2005 Participants reported how many servings of fruits and how many servings of vegetables they ate each day.…”

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confidence: 99%