“What are the barriers to participation of physical activity for females aged 17-18
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2015Type
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Background: Promoting physical activity is public health priority, a large amount of
research has been taken place to understand the surrounding factors that influence
a female’s decision to drop out of physical activity. The barriers that occur for
females not to take part in physical activity can be crucial factor into the level of
physical activity that is done and the impact it has on a person’s health (Allender
2006). Factors associated with the barriers to physical activity are going to be
understood.
Method: Literature searches were conducted to understand the barriers that occur
within females aged 17-18. It was identified that qualitative studies were conducted
to understand this issue that is rising daily and increasing the risk of female inactivity,
throughout this study 6 interviews were conducted with females aged 17-18 to have
greater knowledge about the barriers that occur. Participants were asked a serious
of questions and were asked about their experiences of physical activity and the
reasons for dropping. Barriers were then discussed about why they do not participate
today, findings were then put into main themes and analysed comparing the findings
and literature to have a larger understanding of the topic.
Results: Body image, social support, confidence, time and cost had significant
associations with the barriers to taking part in physical activity, these were identified
as the main themes that influenced a young female’s decision not to take part in
physical activity. Clothing and health worries were less strong relationships within
the information gathered.
Conclusion: The three main categories for the barriers found were structural barriers,
interpersonal barriers and intrapersonal barriers (Crawford & Godbey 1987). Further
development and understanding of these barriers could be done by linking the
barriers of individuals with friendship groups and ways to overcome this barrier that
occurs within females aged 17-18.
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