Date of Award
12-1-2019
Thesis Type
masters
Document Type
Thesis (Restricted Access)
Divisions
cent2
Department
Centre of Sport and Exercise Sciences
Institution
University of Malaya
Abstract
Muslim women are usually labeled as a non-active person when it comes to physical activity or exercises. Some women are using religion of Islam as their constraints of engaging sports when there are actually many other reasons they might not know or realized. A research study was conducted to investigate the perceived benefits and barriers towards physical activity, which focusing only on Malaysian Muslim women and stages of change of their physical activity and exercise involvement in the community. The sample consisted of 400 female Muslim students (n=400) from public universities around Malaysia. There were two questionnaires for data collection: Physical Activity Stages of Change (PASCQ) and Exercise Benefit and Barriers Scale (EBBS). The highest stage in PASCQ was maintenance with 33.5%, which is the final stage in Stages of Change. The benefits and barriers scale were calculated separately and it was found out that the benefits score was higher than barriers score. In comparison of subscales, physical performance was the highest subscales in benefits category while physical exertion was the highest subscale in barriers category.
Note
Dissertation (M.A.) – Centre of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Malaya, 2019.
Recommended Citation
Nur Alyany, Lahat Dadok, "Exercise benefits, barriers & stages of change of Muslim university students / Nur Alyany Lahat Dadok" (2019). Student Works (2010-2019). 6697.
https://knova.um.edu.my/student_works_2010s/6697