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Table 8 Salient Circumstances Hindering Participation in Physical Activity

From: Psychosocial factors underlying physical activity

Salient Circumstances that Hinder

Percent Mentioning (%)

Having too many assignments

48.4

   Busy study schedule

 

   Too much assignment

 

   Bad academic scores

 

   Before exam

 

   It take long time to work on assignment

 

   Have too much extra courses on weekend

 

Not having enough time

18.8

   Time is tight

 

   No time

 

   Waste time

 

   It is very late when class is over

 

   Have something else to do

 

   Class teacher taking up the time

 

Having bad weather

18.1

   Bad weather

 

   Windy, rainy outside

 

   Snow, raining

 

   Air is polluted

 

   Cold

 

   Cloudy, raining

 

   It is hot

 

Being tired, sick, or too fat

17.4

   Obese, or have a lot of fat

 

   Sleepy

 

   Being sick

 

   Feel hungry

 

   My body can't stand it.

 

   Tired

 

   Lazy

 

   No energy

 

Having nobody to go with

6.5

   My parents don't have time to take me to do physical activity

 

   Nobody go with me

 

   Myself

 

Disapproval from others

5.2

   My parents don't agree

 

   I, myself don't approve

 

   Classmates don't agree

 

   School don't agree

 

Not being willing

5.2

   Don't want to do physical activity

 

   Lazy

 

   Don't want to

 

Being in a bad mood

5.1

   Don't have mood

 

   Teacher criticize me, so that I don't have a good mood

 

   Bad mood

 

Having no court or facility

5.1

   Don't have facility

 

   Don't have court

 

   Society is messy

 

   More car in cities

 

   Grounds

 

   Insufficiency of facility

 

Having TV, computer games, and other things to do instead

4.5

   Good game to play

 

   Play computer

 

   Watching TV

 

   Have good movie

 

Having activities that are not fun or too hard

3.2

   Activity is too vigorous

 

   Don't have fun activity to play

 

   Boring activity

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