摘要：The present study aimed at investigating preferences and barriers of physical activity among drug addicts from their own perspectives. 175 male participants, selected from addiction treatment centers, completed the preferences and barriers of physical activity and nicotine dependence questionnaires. Results depicted that lack of energy (M= 5.33), lack of time (M= 5.10) and lack of physical strength (M= 5.07) were the three top preferences of addicts’ perception of physical activity barriers. In addition, addicts preferred doing physical activities at morning (64%), in home (46.3%) or in public gym venues (45.7%), with moderate (47.4%) or high (40%) intensity and at own their own discretion (68.5%). Walking (60%), swimming (45%) and doing exercises through watching TV programs (37%) received the foremost interest on the part of participants. Moreover, results of Kruskal-Wallis test indicated significant differences among physical activity barriers, so that lack of energy had significant differences with social effects, lack of skills, lack of resources and fear of injury, and its score was higher than all other variables. The score of lack of time was significantly higher than that of lack of resources and fear of injury. Also, lack of physical strength, social effects, lack of resources, and lack of skills obtained scores significantly higher than that of fear of injury. Using some medications for treatment may have resulted in decreasing participants’ energy for doing physical activities.
