The Study of Physical Activity Behaviors and Sedentary Behaviors of Senior High School Students under the Office of the Basic Education Commission, Bangkok Metropolitan

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study physical activity behaviors and sedentary behaviors of senior high school students under the office of the basic education commission, Bangkok Metropolitan. The population covered 89,468 senior high school students under the office of the basic education commission, Bangkok Metropolitan. The samples were 400 students, selected by using the Table of Taro Yamane, with the confidence at 95%. Informants were male and female senior high school students in semester 1, academic year 2020. The instrument used in the research was the questionnaires of physical activity behaviors and sedentary behaviors of senior high school students under the office of the basic education commission, Bangkok Metropolitan. The consistency index of the questions and the objectives (IOC) was between 0.71-1. Data were analyzed by percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

The research of physical activity behaviors results found that: 1) senior high school students had study behavior at moderate and vigorous level mainly in physical education subject; 2) transportation behavior of the most senior high school students was going on foot for at least 10 minutes/day; 3) grade 10 students had housework behavior at moderate level and grade 12 students had housework behavior at vigorous level; 4) grade 11 students had recreation behavior at moderate level and grade 12 students had recreation behavior at vigorous level. As for the sedentary behavior, it was found that female students had more sedentary behavior than male students.