The Effects of Health Related Fitness Awareness on Physical Activity Among School Students

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effects of health-related fitness awareness on physical activity 
among school students. The quantitative research technique was applied to gather the 
information from the participants. A total of 180 boys and girls aged between 13 and 16 years 
school students were selected for the study. The data was collected from the school students of 
district Bahawalpur. The researcher employed convenient sampling as the sampling technique 
for the particular analysis. The researcher used a questionnaire as a research tool to collect 
data on health-related fitness awareness in numeric form from the research participants. The 
results were analysed through quantitative research tools, i.e., descriptive statistics, t-tests, 
bivariate correlation, and regression analysis in SPSS. The findings revealed a positive 
correlation between students' health-associated fitness awareness and bodily pursuit. Linear 
regression analysis demonstrated that health-related fitness awareness significantly predicted 
PA among the students. The results revealed a significant difference (p < .01) between the 
health-related fitness awareness scores of boys (M = 8.85, SD = 1.78) and girls (M = 8.4, SD 
= 1.73). This finding indicated that boys had higher health-related fitness awareness scores 
than girls. The study concluded that promoting health-related fitness awareness may increase 
PA levels among school students.