PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS CHAIYAPHUM RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The research on physical activity and sedentary behavior of undergraduate students at Chaiyaphum Rajabhat University aimed to study the physical activity and sedentary behavior of undergraduate students at Chaiyaphum Rajabhat University. The sample group consisted of 267 first-year undergraduate students from the Faculty of Education and Human Development and the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chaiyaphum Rajabhat University. The sample was purposively selected. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire developed by the researcher and adapted from the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ). Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis, including percentage, mean, and standard deviation, which can be summarized as follows: Students had low physical activity behavior during travel with an average of (M =66.75, SD=37.5), had low physical activity behavior during travel with an average of (M =66.75, SD=46.6), and had low physical activity behavior during recreation with an average of (M=63.75, SD=44.47). This is because most learning environments involve sitting, working in front of a computer for hours, and even commuting from your accommodation to your university. Or most of the time, going out to eat is done by personal motorcycle because there are many areas that are far apart, causing students to have less physical movement, resulting in insufficient physical activities.