| Autor: |
Hongmei Chen, Meng Liu, Wenqing Zhao, Hanlin Wei, Ying Zhang, Shunguo Li |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 15 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1664-1078 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1430145 |
| Popis: |
BackgroundDepression is becoming a common threat to the mental health of Chinese adolescents. As an intermediate stage between being healthy and having depression, identifying factors influencing depressive may contribute to providing more options for the prevention and treatment of depression.ObjectiveThe study aims to explore the effects of physical activity on adolescent depression, focusing on the times and hours of activity per week.MethodsThe study used a cross-sectional dataset collected in Ruyang County, Henan Province in September 2022, including a sample of 5,629 adolescents in 31 compulsory public schools in the county. We utilized Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) to analyze the impact of physical activity on adolescents’ depression scores, and probit model to analyze the influence of physical activity on adolescents’ depression. To examine whether there is a U-shaped relationship between physical activity and depression, we included the squared terms of times and hours of activity in models.ResultsThe results showed that: (1) The times of physical activity significantly reduces Chinese adolescent depression. An increase in physical activity by one time per week is associated with a mean decrease of 0.354 points in depression scores (p |
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