Ma Peng-Shuai, So Wi-Young, Choi Hyongjun
Department of Physical Education, Dankook University, Yongin 16890, Republic of Korea.
Sports Medicine Major, College of Humanities and Arts, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si 27469, Republic of Korea.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Feb 6;11(4):469. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11040469.
International students have the special status of being isolated in a foreign country during a pandemic. As Korea is a worldwide leader in education, it is important to understand the physical exercise behaviors of international students during this pandemic to assess the need for additional policies and support. The health belief model was used to score the physical exercise motivation and behaviors of international students in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, 315 valid questionnaires were obtained and analyzed for this study. The reliability and validity of the data were also assessed. For all variables, the values for combined reliability and the Cronbach's α were higher than 0.70. The following conclusions were drawn by comparing the differences between the measures. The results of the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin and Bartlett tests were also higher than 0.70, confirming high reliability and validity. This study found a correlation between the health beliefs of international students and age, education, and accommodation. Consequently, international students with lower health belief scores should be encouraged to pay more attention to their personal health, participate in more physical exercise, strengthen their motivation to participate in physical exercise, and increase the frequency of their participation.
国际学生在疫情期间身处异国他乡，处于隔离状态。由于韩国在全球教育领域处于领先地位，了解疫情期间国际学生的体育锻炼行为对于评估是否需要额外的政策和支持非常重要。健康信念模型被用于对韩国国际学生在新冠疫情期间的体育锻炼动机和行为进行评分。本研究共获得并分析了315份有效问卷。还评估了数据的信度和效度。对于所有变量，组合信度值和克朗巴哈α系数均高于0.70。通过比较各项测量之间的差异得出了以下结论。凯泽-迈耶-奥尔金检验和巴特利特检验的结果也高于0.70，证实了高信度和效度。本研究发现国际学生的健康信念与年龄、教育程度和住宿情况之间存在相关性。因此，应鼓励健康信念得分较低的国际学生更加关注个人健康，多参加体育锻炼，增强参与体育锻炼的动机，并增加参与频率。
