Barreras para la práctica de actividad física y deporte en las estudiantes de pedagogía de la actividad física y deporte

Abstract

This study aimed to understand the barriers perceived by women in the practice of physical-sports activities of the UTMACH's Career pedagogy of Physical Activity Sport, whose specific objectives were aimed at determining the importance of physical activity and sport in women, identifying the main barriers to physical activity and the approach of a proposal that contributes to overcoming the barriers common in the practice of physical and sporting activities. The objects of study were directed to physical and sports practices in reference to the benefits of physical activity and sport for women's health, sport and gender equity and perceived barriers to being more physically active. Regarding the type of research, it was non-experimental and descriptive, with a quantitative and qualitative approach, having applied bibliographic and field research, taking as methods the analytical and synthetic, which they contributed in the revision of literature and in the analysis of results, based on research questions. The instruments used were: the BBAQ21 student test and an interview applied to the career coordinator. The population consisted of 68 students, who were among the age groups of, less than 19 years, from 19 to 23, from 24 to 28 and more than 28 years old, where most of the students corresponded to the age group of 19 to 23 years. As for the results it was possible to determine that most students perceived one of the seven barriers presented in the test and in the face of these barriers the most presented was that of lack of resources, which could be inferred that in Ecuador university students do not have the necessary economic resources to carry out physical sports activities , which would also constitute a socioeconomic problem, in addition to the lack of delivery and lack of time were two of the most present barriers in the study and the lack of skill being the least perceived barrier of all, where lack of skill or skills do not represent a limitation to participate in such activities; it was further concluded that the students with the greatest number of barriers were students aged 19 to 24 compared to older students, evidence that young people currently have several limitations to be more active, limitations that could simply be psychological, will or real barriers compared to older students. Finally, it was considered necessary to develop a training workshop, which can be oriented from the different practical subjects, to raise awareness of the perception of barriers to the practice of sports physical activities in their daily life and their professional training. It was considered important to emphasize that the university community continues the study by taking this research to a deeper point, covering other possible areas and variables.