Assessment of Subjective Well-Being in a Cohort of University Students and Staff Members: Association with Physical Activity and Outdoor Leisure Time during the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Stefano Quarta, Annalisa Levante, María-Teresa García-Conesa, Flavia Lecciso, Egeria Scoditti, Maria Annunziata Carluccio, Nadia Calabriso, Fabrizio Damiano, Giuseppe Santarpino, Tiziano Verri, Paula Pinto, Luisa Siculella, Marika Massaro |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Quarta, Stefano, Levante, Annalisa, Garcia-Conesa, Maria Teresa, Lecciso, Flavia, Scoditti, Egeria, Carluccio, Maria Annunziata, Calabriso, Nadia, Damiano, Fabrizio, Santarpino, Giuseppe, Verri, Tiziana, Pinto, Paula, Siculella, Luisa, Massaro, Marika, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Ministério da Educação e Ciência (Portugal), Quarta, Stefano [0000-0003-1589-4177], Levante, Annalisa [0000-0002-3250-3839], García Conesa, María-Teresa [0000-0002-4125-853X], Scoditti, Egeria [0000-0003-2753-8487], Carluccio, Maria Annunziata [0000-0002-8307-1829], Calabriso, Nadia [0000-0003-0726-2081], Damiano, Fabrizio [0000-0001-7828-9519], Verri, Tiziano [0000-0003-4983-2767], Pinto, Paula [0000-0001-6379-1768], Siculella, Luisa [0000-0002-6890-3674], García Conesa, María-Teresa, Verri, Tiziano |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Quality of life
sport practice Universities Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis social relationship Anxiety General health Leisure Activities Humans distre Students Exercise Pandemics Social relationship Cross-Sectional Studie Pandemic Depression SARS-CoV-2 Distress Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Time spent in nature COVID-19 Sport practice Universitie general health Cross-Sectional Studies quality of life subjective well-being (SWB) Subjective well-being (SWB) Leisure Activitie Communicable Disease Control Mental health distress mental health time spent in nature Student Human |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 8; Pages: 4787 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Time spent outdoors and physical activity (PA) promote mental health. To confirm this relationship in the aftermath of COVID-19 lockdowns, we explored individual levels of anxiety, depression, stress and subjective well-being (SWB) in a cohort of academic students and staff members and tested their association with sport practice, PA at leisure time and time spent outdoors. Our cross-sectional study collected data during the COVID-19 outbreak (April–May 2021) on 939 students and on 238 employees, who completed an online survey on sociodemographic and lifestyle features, depression, anxiety, stress, and SWB. Results showed that the students exhibited higher levels of anxiety, depression, and stress, and lower levels of SWB (p < 0.001 for all domains) compared to the staff members. Correlation analysis confirmed that PA and time spent in nature were associated to high mental health scores among staff and, more consistently, among students. Finally, mediation analyses indicated that the time spent in nature, social relationships, and levels of energy play a mediator role in the relationship between sport practice and SWB. Our evidence reinforces the protective role of time spent in nature in improving mental health, and provides support for policymakers to make appropriate choices for a better management of COVID-19 pandemic consequences P.P. was funded by Life Quality Research Centre—UIDP/04748/2020, a program financially supported by FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnolo-gia/Ministério da Educação e Ciência. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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