Volume : 6, Issue : 7, July - 2017

Decisional Balance Scale for College Students� Level of Motivation in Physical Activity

Samuel Joseph Bebeley, Yang Liu, Wu Yi Gang

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun">Background:</span></i></b><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: red;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Physical activity is a human kinetics of the musculoskeletal systems that requires the use of energy for improved physiological and psychological wellness and healthy lifestyle</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(28, 28, 28);">. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">This study only</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(28, 28, 28);"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">aimed at the </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">measurement, evaluation and scoring of decisional balance scale for college students&rsquo; level of motivation in physical activity</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Methods:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> Decisional Balance Scale Questionnaire (<b>DBSQ</b>) was adopted as survey instrument. The variables were </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">analyzed </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun">using <b>IBM.SPSSv.23</b> Statistics, with sampled participants of</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> <b>500, </b>having a response rate of 100% and a mean and standard deviation (SD) age of <b>28.5</b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;MS Gothic&quot;">&plusmn;</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">9.5</span></b><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> ranged from <b>19-38</b> </span><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;SimSun">years selected using</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> a simple random sampling method. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun">Results:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;SimSun"> A significant difference was recorded for all tested variables in the results with </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">disadvantages (cons)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> scoring highest [F = 47.360 with sig. (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&le;.001</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">), t = </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">6.882 </span><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">with 2-tailed sig. (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&le;.001</span><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">)] and <b>advantages (pros.)</b> scoring lowest [F = 18.167 with sig. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&le;.001</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">), t = -3.248 with 2-tailed sig. (.001)], in tables 3, 4 &amp; 5 respectively.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The results</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun"> were tested </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">@</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> significance level of <b><i>p&lt;0.05</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun">Conclusion and Recommendation:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">In conclusion, the greater majority of the overall participants responded more to disadvantages (cons) of the decisions to exercise, which means lesser determination to engage in physical activity. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Recommendation</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">was made that, a mandatory course/programme in physical education/literacy be instituted to help educate the pros and cons of physical activity for all college students before graduation to guarantee motivation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>