Exercise behaviors and resource use among graduate students at a Canadian university: A cross-sectional study

The Influence of Motivators and Barriers to Exercise on Attaining Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Guidelines among Canadian Undergraduate Students

“…Being primarily motivated by physical health and/or appearance may be viewed as something they know they should be doing, rather than something they want to be doing. For instance, students who exercise because they know it is important to maintain their health but possibly perceive the activity as a chore are likely less physically active than those who are engaging in exercise because they find it enjoyable [10]. Accordingly, it may be prudent to explore alternate health promotion strategies for encouraging movement beyond the focus on physical health and appearance.…”

“…The self-determination theory demonstrates that perceived behavioural control and motives are independent of perceived barriers to exercise [9]. A review of the relationship between the self-determination theory and exercise found that people who exercise for intrinsic reasons (e.g., personal enjoyment) were more likely to exercise than those who are motivated extrinsically (e.g., body image, maintaining health) [10]. While motivators and barriers to exercising in post-secondary students have been investigated in individual Canadian colleges/universities [5,11], there is limited evidence regarding their influence on guideline adherence in nationwide samples of undergraduate students [12,13].…”

Demographics Matter: Non-white and White Life Science Graduate Students Perceive and Use Resources Differently

“…, 2013 ; Stites et al. , 2019 ); and as a descriptive variable, used by researchers to explain how students in a particular field or class access and use the resources available to them (undergraduates: Tenopir, 2003 ; Melvin, 2021 ; graduate students: Furlano et al. , 2021 ).…”