Female university students attitudes towards physical exercise and their exercise habits.
(1. Survey to assess what forms if any of physical exercise they are completing, how often? 2. focus groups to assess why they do or do not exercise and their attitudes in general to physical exercise.)
In recent years the rate of female participation in exercise has increased as health issues have been raised (Park Sang et al, 2012: 99). Physical exercise has is an essential lifestyle element and has been linked to a better quality of life and psychological well-being (Park Sang, H et al, 2012: 99) Many experts and the World Health Organisation recommend regular, daily exercise to counteract the unhealthy and less physical lifestyles many people now lead …show more content…
And what are their exercise habits? The aim of this research is to discover the attitudes of 17-21 year old female Melbourne university students, towards physical exercise and their exercise habits. To gain these vital insights a standardised survey will be used first to collect quantitative data, which will then be used to form focus groups. These focus groups will have a mediator who will ask semi-standardised questions to get an in-depth answer about the attitudes of the individuals in the study but will be able to probe to garner a more in depth …show more content…
This needs to be explored to a greater depth especially when physical exercise is such a crucial part of health and wellbeing for young adults (Tirodimos et al, 2009: 723). There is also another side to the research, which is the attitudes girls hold towards physical exercise which needs to be explored to a greater depth such as the views that physical activity and physical strength is seen to be masculine (Park Sang et al, 2012:103). These findings may explain why girls are less active than their male counterpart but to discover this research needs to be conducted using focus groups. This research is important as girls make up is 40-45 per cent overall of Australian academics with the percentage ever increasing over time (Cory,
(1. Survey to assess what forms if any of physical exercise they are completing, how often? 2. focus groups to assess why they do or do not exercise and their attitudes in general to physical exercise.)
In recent years the rate of female participation in exercise has increased as health issues have been raised (Park Sang et al, 2012: 99). Physical exercise has is an essential lifestyle element and has been linked to a better quality of life and psychological well-being (Park Sang, H et al, 2012: 99) Many experts and the World Health Organisation recommend regular, daily exercise to counteract the unhealthy and less physical lifestyles many people now lead …show more content…
And what are their exercise habits? The aim of this research is to discover the attitudes of 17-21 year old female Melbourne university students, towards physical exercise and their exercise habits. To gain these vital insights a standardised survey will be used first to collect quantitative data, which will then be used to form focus groups. These focus groups will have a mediator who will ask semi-standardised questions to get an in-depth answer about the attitudes of the individuals in the study but will be able to probe to garner a more in depth …show more content…
This needs to be explored to a greater depth especially when physical exercise is such a crucial part of health and wellbeing for young adults (Tirodimos et al, 2009: 723). There is also another side to the research, which is the attitudes girls hold towards physical exercise which needs to be explored to a greater depth such as the views that physical activity and physical strength is seen to be masculine (Park Sang et al, 2012:103). These findings may explain why girls are less active than their male counterpart but to discover this research needs to be conducted using focus groups. This research is important as girls make up is 40-45 per cent overall of Australian academics with the percentage ever increasing over time (Cory,