An ecological momentary assessment of the physical activity and sedentary behaviour patterns of university students
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Objective We used ecological momentary assessment to understand the physical activity and sedentary behaviour patterns of university students. Study design Cross sectional, opportunistic sample from a university in the English midlands. Methods Ecological momentary assessment diaries were completed every 15 minutes across two days. The sample comprised 46 males (mean age 20.2 years) and 38 females (mean age 19.5 years). The majority of participants were undergraduates (96.5 per cent) and white European (85 per cent). Results Although ‘studying’ was the predominant behaviour (280 minutes), students spent time conducting a range of behaviours including ‘watching television’ (79.9 minutes), ‘sitting and talking’ (72.1 minutes) and ‘hanging out’ (64.0 minutes). Repeated measure ANOVAs revealed a significant gender effect for some behaviours with ‘studying’ [ F(1,82) = 10.50, p < .006] and ‘computer game playing’ [ F(1,82) = 7.97, p < .006] being higher in males, and ‘sitting and talking’ [ F(1,82) = 24.49, p < .006] higher in females. Pearson correlations suggested that sedentary behaviours compete with each other for students’ time. A significant small negative relationship existed between sedentary technology behaviours and physical activity for males ( r = -.217) but not for females ( r = -.182). Conclusions Students participate in a range of sedentary behaviours that differ by gender. Results question public perception that selected sedentary behaviours, such as ‘watching television’, are responsible for declining levels of sport and exercise participation in this age group. Implications for interventions are considered.
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- Authors
- Rouse, P. C., & Biddle, S. J. H.
- Affiliations
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- Loughborough University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Rouse, Peter C
- Venue
- Health Education Journal
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-03
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 116-125
- ISSN
- 0017-8969 (ISSN-L)
- 1748-8176
- OpenAlex
- W2112281156
- Cited by
- 107
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- purehost.bath.ac.uk
- Locations
- Health Education Journal (publishedVersion)
- The University of Bath Online Publications Store (The University of Bath) (submittedVersion)
- Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University) (submittedVersion)
- University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion)
- Pure (University of Bath) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Keywords
- physical activity, sedentary behavior, university students, ecological momentary assessment, gender differences, time use, television viewing, video gaming, studying, sitting behavior, technology use, exercise participation
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