title: Exercise stages of change among university students taking fitness and sport skills courses.
abstract: Changes in university students' exercise behavior were investigated based on a model of exercise stages of change. The participants were 221 male students taking 16-wk. physical education courses in fitness (n = 115) or sport skills (n = 106). On the first and final days of classes, each student completed a questionnaire on exercise stage change, which assessed motivational readiness for exercise. In the posttest, more participants in the fitness course (74%) had stage progression than those in the sport skills course (33%). Many participants in the sport skills course (29%) reported stage stability as did those in the fitness course (25%). Stage regression was reported by 42% of students in the sport skills course and by 5% of students in the fitness course.
authors.affiliation: Pohang University of Science and Technology, Division of Humanities and Social Science, San 31, Hyojadong, Namgu, Pohang, Kyoungbuk 790-784, Korea. kms@postech.ac.kr
authors.forename: Myung-Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D054874:Athletic Performance; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000523:psychology*; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult