Changes in College Students’ Body Mass Index, Physical Activity, and Motivation Before and During the COVID-19 Third-wave Lockdown

International journal of kinesiology and sports science

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Yangyang Deng¹  YongJu Hwang¹  Taewoo Kim¹  Sami Yli-Piipari¹ 

[1] University of Georgia, Department of Kinesiology Department of Kinesiology

关键词: Obesity;    Motivation;    Young Adult;    Body Weight;    COVID-19;   

DOI  :  10.7575/aiac.ijkss.v.10n.2p.34

来源: Australian International Academic Centre PTY. LTD.

【 摘 要 】

Background: It is less known how the constraints placed upon public spaces and socialinteraction have impacted college students’ motivation to be physically active. Objective: Thisstudy examined, first, the changes in college students’ body mass index (BMI), physical activity(PA), and self-determined motivation before and during the COVID-19 third-wave lockdownand, second, the role of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and self-determined motivation onBMI during the lockdown. Method: This study was a longitudinal prospective study with twodata collection phases. Asample of 104 college students (69 females, 35 males, Mage = 18.19[1.5])completing both pre- and posttest data turned in self-report data on BMI, PA (vigorous PA - VPA,moderate PA - MPA), MVPA, and self-determined motivation. Results: The results showed astatistically significant increase in participants’ BMI (t[79] = 4.70[2.98], p =.001, d =.11) but nostatistically significant changes in PA. The findings demonstrated changes in college students’integrated regulation (↓; t[78]= -3.20[.16], p =.002, d =.35), identified regulation (↓; t[76]= -4.07[.16], p <.001, d =.52), extrinsic regulation (↑; t[78] = 2.28[1.80], p =.025, d =.02), andamotivation (↑; t[78] = 4.42[1.21], p <.001, d =.48). Finally, neither PA nor self-determinedmotivation played a role in BMI, but the previous MVPA and BMI did. Conclusion: Thisstudy suggests that COVID-19 had a negative impact on self-determined motivation decreasingadaptive and increasing maladaptive motivation. However, neither MVPA nor self-determinedmotivation played a role in BMI during the COVID-19 lockdown. Instead, pre-COVID BMI(large effect) and MVPA (small effect) determined students’ BMI during the lockdown.

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