ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Exploring the Relationship between Walking and Emotional Health in China.
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- The Effect of Walking on Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Pooled it
- Women's walking behaviour and subjective well-being in the middle-income neighbourhoods of Santiago, Chile.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of frailty in patients with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional analysis of PEAKING study.International urology and nephrology · 2024Article
- The Changes in Walking Exercise in South Korea: Analysis of Health-Related Body Composition Based on a Healthy Walking Tour on Galmaetgil in Busan.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Walk Score and Neighborhood Walkability: A Case Study of Daegu, South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Effect of Persistence of Physical Exercise on the Positive Psychological Emotions of Primary School Students under the STEAM Education Concept.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Using a two-sample mendelian randomization analysis to explore the relationship between physical activity and Alzheimer's disease.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Walking has a positive impact on people's emotional health. However, in the case of serious air pollution, it is controversial whether walking exercise can still improve individuals' emotional health. Using data from the 2014 wave of the China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey, this study explored the relationship between walking and emotional health with different levels of environmental pollution. The results indicated that respondents who took regular walks had better emotional health than those who did not walk regularly. For those whose main mode of physical exercise was walking, the average number of walks per week was significantly and positively correlated with their emotional health; however, the average duration of the walk had no significant impact on their emotional health. Moreover, for those whose main mode of physical exercise was walking and who lived in neighborhoods with a polluted environment, regular walking still had a positive impact on their emotional health. This suggests that even if environmental pollution is serious, walking still plays an important role in regulating individuals' mental health. We propose that in order to promote the emotional health of residents, it is necessary to create more public spaces for outdoor activities and simultaneously increase efforts to control environmental pollution.
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