Ghaleb Echrashzadeh
Keywords: TPB, physical activity, leisure time, behavior, theory of planned behavior
Abstract: Nowadays, by development of technology and urban living, the lifestyle of people is completely changing. The lack of participation in physical activity, inactivity and sedentary lifestyle has put all members of the society at risk. So, participation in physical activity has been proposed as a way of coping with side effects of such a lifestyle. This paper aims to study related factors of physical activity behavior during leisure time among female high school students by using the theory of planned behavior (TPB). To do this, a questionnaire was prepared using the above mentioned theory, and considering the sample size of 425, questionnaires were randomly distributed among female high school students in Tehran, Iran. After collecting data, they were analyzed in SPSS software. The results of this study showed that the theory of planned behavior predicts the intention of participation in physical activity among female high school students very well. According to our findings, there is a strong relationship between “attitude”, “subjective norm”, “perceived behavioral control”, and leisure-time physical activity intention
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