Aims: This study aimed at investigating behavioral aspects
related to sustainability mobility practices in a specific target group, known
for being physically active: the students of the Physical Education and Sport
Science Department in Serres, Northern Greece. This work aimed to shed light on
gender differences in weekly physical activity levels, as well as gender’s
respective effect on mobility practices.
Study Design: It was a cross-sectional study, using a tested
research instrument, grounded on the Theory of Planned Behaviour within a
specific population group.
Place and Duration of Study: Data were collected during the
first semester of the academic year before the outburst of the COVID-19
pandemic and the restrictive measures imposed by governments. University
students filled in the questionnaires once during a typical academic week.
Methodology: 259 students from first year to nearing
graduation from the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science in
Serres, a medium-sized Greek city which is active in mobility issues, filled in
a questionnaire, based on Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior and Godin–Shephard
Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire for reporting physical activity
weekly uptake.
Results: The results confirmed higher levels of physical
activity in male students, although their attitude towards physical activity
was less positive than that of their female classmates. Further positive
attitudes in women were recorded towards sustainable mobility choices, although
the evidence demonstrated a similar gap between the answers of the two genders.
Car possession was higher in men, whereas car purchase intention was slightly
lower in women, who had a lower income in general. Moreover, income impacted
gender mobility preferences.
Conclusion: University student mobility research calls for
behavioral approaches to ground relevant interventions. Recommendations can be
guided by students’ sports preferences and can be gender-sensitive, taking
income into account. The findings could provide implications for policy and
practice, informing strategies for promoting sustainable mobility among
students.
Author(s) Details
Foteini Mikiki
International Hellenic University, Greece.
Ermioni Katartzi
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Andreas Oikonomou
School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Greece.
Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/srnta/v6/2061
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