BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence suggests that sedentary behaviour may be adversely associated with physical health, but few studies have examined the association with mental well-being.
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BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence suggests that sedentary behaviour may be adversely associated with physical health, but few studies have examined the association with mental well-being.
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- Intensity-specific leisure-time physical activity and depressive symptoms among first-year university students: a four-wave longitudinal study (2026) · doi
Background Depressive symptoms are common among first-year university students, yet the longitudinal associations between different intensities of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and mental health remain unclear.
Keywords: background depressive symptoms common among first year university students longitudinal associations different intensities leisure time - Non-Occupational Sitting and Mental Well-Being in Employed Adults (2011) · doi
BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence suggests that sedentary behaviour may be adversely associated with physical health, but few studies have examined the association with mental well-being.
Keywords: background emerging evidence suggests sedentary behaviour adversely associated physical health examined association mental well - Appearance satisfaction mediates the relationship between recreational screen time and depressive symptoms in adolescents (2022) · doi
BACKGROUND: Research suggests there is an association between high levels of recreational screen time and depression among adolescents; however, mechanisms driving this association remain unknown.
Keywords: association background suggests there high levels recreational screen time depression among adolescents mechanisms driving remain
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