Barriers for Physical Activity between Indian and Foreign Male Students of Delhi State

The purpose of the study was to compare the barriers for physical activity between Indian and Foreign male students of Delhi State. To achieve the objective of the study, two hundred (N=200) Indian male students and two hundred (N=200) Foreign male students between 17 to 25 years were selected conveniently and purposely from the regular students of different Universities and colleges of Delhi State as subjects. 'Barriers to Being Active Quiz (BBAQ-21) ”constructed by United States Development of Health and Human Service (USDHHS, 1999) was used to assess barriers for physical activity of students. To determine the significant difference between the mean scores of Indian and Foreign male students on physical activity barriers't ’test was employed with the help of SPSS software. The level of significance was set at 0.05. Results of the study revealed that there were significant differences found on barriers for physical activity between Indian female and foreign male students of Delhi state except fear of energy. However, foreign male students faced less barrier of physical activity on all aspects than Indian male students. The study was also indicated that students did not have any perfect obstacles for involving in physical activity on mean basis.