Self-efficacy for coping with barriers helps students stay physically active during transition to their first year at a university |
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| Authors: | Bray Steven R |
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| Institution: | Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. sbray@mcmaster.ca |
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| Abstract: | The present study examined undergraduate students' physical activity during transition from high school to first-year university. Students' (N = 127) self-efficacy for coping with barriers to physical activity was investigated both as a predictor of physical activity and mediator of the relationship between pretransition and first-year physical activity. Physical activity was found to track moderately from pretransition to first year (rs = .58). Self-efficacy for coping with barriers predicted physical activity (R2adjusted = .18, p < .05) and partially mediated the relationship between pretransition and first-year physical activity. Results support an interpretation that future intervention efforts could target first-year students' self-efficacy for coping with barriers to help curb the decline in physical activity that occurs during the transition to university life. |
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