Understanding university students' experiences of sitting while studying at home: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: University students are typically highly sedentary, which is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes. Attempts to understand university students' sedentary behaviour have typically focused on on-campus teaching and learning activities. While such research has documented that students perceive studying as one of the main barriers to reducing sedentary behaviour, there is little understanding of how and why studying incurs sitting, especially during home-based studying. We investigated how students' experience sitting when studying at home. Fourteen UK undergraduates (10 female; mean age = 20 years) participated in semi-structured interviews that explored their experiences, beliefs, and attitudes regarding sitting while studying at home. Data were analysed using Reflexive

SUBMITTER: Wood HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11623464 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature