Facilitating Success in Fitness : Exploring the Beliefs, Mindsets, and Perspectives of University Students in Pursuit of Physical Activity Achievements
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Kinesiology, School of
data provider: DSpace
contributor: University of British Columbia. School of Kinesiology
contributor: University of British Columbia. Athletics and Recreation
contributor: University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning
creator: Le, Annie
creator: Fritz, Jamie
creator: Kan, Yi Jhen
creator: Tam, Priscilla
creator: Lewis, Tristan
issued: 2024-07-30T18:15:32Z
issued: 2024-04-12
description: An intent for action does not necessarily translate into performance of an action – this is a phenomenon coined the “intention-behaviour gap”. Although there could be a plethora of factors feeding into this gap, our team has chosen to explore how various types of mindsets play a role in facilitating or preventing an individual from achieving their fitness-related goals. Ultimately, our objective was to synthesize practical short-term and long-term recommendations to help UBC Recreation tailor their Personal Training Program to be more supportive of the unique needs of their clientele. Our study sampled from physically active individuals who study, live, and/or work on or near UBC campus. Participants filled out an anonymous online survey composed of a series of short-answer and Likert scale-type questions that prompted participants to reflect on their recent successes and failures with regards to attaining fitness goals. Considering various course-related constraints for this project, snowball sampling and entry into a prize draw were two methods used in attempting to obtain an appropriate sample size within a restricted amount of time. Data from a total of 67 participants were deemed eligible for analysis at the time of termination of data collection. Participants’ self-reported data was categorized based on their qualitative or quantitative nature, then independently evaluated. Qualitative responses were analyzed thematically based on recurrent key words among participant answers; based on this data, a total of 9 and 8 themes contributing to successful and unsuccessful (failed) goal attainment, respectively, were synthesized. For instance, “maintaining discipline”, “focusing on the finish line”, and “self-positivity” were found to be the top three facilitators in helping an individual reach a goal, while “lack of dedication”, “being too busy”, and “unrealistic self-expectations” appeared to be common barriers to goal achievement. On the other hand, quantitative re…
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note: Final ReportFacilitating Success in Fitness: Exploring the Beliefs, Mindsets, and Perspectives ofUniversity Students in Pursuit of Physical Activity AchievementsProject B, Group 11:Annie Le, Jamie Fritz, Yi Jhen Kan, Priscilla Tam, Tristan LewisSchool of Kinesiology, University of British ColumbiaKIN 464: Health Promotion and Physical ActivityDr. Andrea BundonApril 12, 20241Disclaimer: UBC SEEDS Sustainability Program provides students with the opportunity toshare the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions andrecommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is astudent research project and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore, readersshould bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC.We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDSSustainability Program representative about the current status of the subject matter of areport.2Executive SummaryAn intent for action does not necessarily translate into performance of an action – thisis a phenomenon coined the “intention-behaviour gap”. Although there could be a plethora offactors feeding into this gap, our team has chosen to explore how various types of mindsetsplay a role in facilitating or preventing an individual from achieving their fitness-relatedgoals. Ultimately, our objective was to synthesize practical short-term and long-termrecommendations to help UBC Recreation tailor their Personal Training Program to be moresupportive of the unique needs of their clientele.Our study sampled from physically active individuals who study, live, and/or work onor near UBC campus. Participants filled out an anonymous online survey composed of aseries of short-answer and Likert scale-type questions that prompted participants to reflect ontheir recent successes and failures with regards to attaining fitness goals. Considering variouscourse-related constraints for this project, snowball sam…
has type: Report
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0444911
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Undergraduate
is part of: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report
is part of: University of British Columbia. KIN 464
subject: Community
subject: Health
subject: Wellbeing
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88784