Barriers among adolescent female to involve in physical activity / Muhammad Ameer Zhafri Abu Hasan

The purpose of this study is to identify barriers among adolescent female to involve in
physical activity. Three hundred two female students (64.24% normal, 19.21%
underweight, 13.25% overweight and 3.31% obese) from Universiti Teknologi Mara
Campus Jengka Pahang were selected this study. The current study use Perceived
Barriers to Physical Activity Questionnaire to measure barriers among adolescent female
to involve in physical activity. The research design that used this study was cross sectional
study. The data was analysed using descriptive analysis and Independent T Test.
From the result internal barriers show the significant difference which were factor lack of
energy (p=OOO) and external barriers value (p=033). It shows that internal barriers give
the most impact towards physical activity among adolescents female.