title: A comparison of motivational factors and barriers to physical activity among traditional versus nontraditional college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the motivational factors and the barriers to physical activity (PA) in traditional college students (TS) and nontraditional college students (NTS) and determine if differences exist between these 2 groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 746 college students; 628 were TS (19.1 ± 1.2 years), and 118 were NTS (31.2 ± 8.6 years).
  
  
  METHODS
  In fall 2010, students voluntarily completed a demographic questionnaire, Barriers to Being Active Quiz, and Exercise Motivations Inventory-2 (EMI-2).
  
  
  RESULTS
  EMI-2 revealed that TS and NTS differed on 8 of the 14 motivational factors for exercise. There was a significant difference between TS and NTS for the following barriers: fear of injury (p = .001), lack of resources (p = .017), and lack of skill (p = .003).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on these findings, interventions can be developed for the varied needs of a diverse student population as it pertains to PA participation.
authors: Department of Exercise Science and Sport Management at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, USA.
authors: Kimberly
authors: K
authors: Kulavic
authors: Cherilyn N
authors: CN
authors: Hultquist
authors: John R
authors: JR
authors: McLester
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D013334:Students / Q000145:classification*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities