ArticleDepression and anxiety2022
Within-day bidirectional associations between physical activity and affect: A real-time ambulatory study in persons with and without depressive and anxiety disorders.
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- An individual participant data meta-analysis of how physical activity relates to affective well-being in daily life.Nature human behaviour · 2026Pooled it
- Within-person association between affect and physical activity related to depressive symptomatology: A systematic review and methodological reflections.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Pooled it
- The Within-Subject Association of Physical Behavior and Affective Well-Being in Everyday Life: A Systematic Literature Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Group, Subgroup and Person-Specific Longitudinal Associations Between Physical Activity and Affect in Individuals With and Without Depressive and Anxiety Disorders.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2026Article
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- Ambulatory physiological state dynamics predict proximal behavioral markers of affect regulation in everyday life.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2025Article
- Within-person associations of daily activity to sleep actigraphy following trauma: Explicating a novel index of risk for major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the Neurocognitive Affective Model for the Prediction of Habitual 24-Hour Physical Behavior.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- The value of social networks for men: concurrent and prospective associations with psychological wellbeing.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Gratitude and sleep disturbance in primary care patients: the mediating roles of health self-efficacy, health behaviors, and psychological distress.Frontiers in sleep · 2025Article
- Momentary Associations Between Physical Activity, Affect, and Purpose in Life.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024Article
- Personalized relapse prediction in patients with major depressive disorder using digital biomarkers.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Within-day bidirectional associations between physical activity and affect: A real-time ambulatory study in persons with and without depressive and anxiety disorders.Depression and anxiety · 2022Article
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backgroundAmbulatory assessments offer opportunities to study physical activity level (PAL) and affect at the group and person-level. We examined bidirectional associations between PAL and affect in a 3-h timeframe and evaluated whether associations differ between people with and without current or remitted depression/anxiety.
methodsTwo-week ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and actigraphy data of 359 participants with current (n = 93), remitted (n = 176), or no (n = 90) Composite International Diagnostic Interview depression/anxiety diagnoses were obtained from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety. Positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA) were assessed by EMA 5 times per day. Average PAL between EMA assessments were calculated from actigraphy data.
resultsAt the group-level, higher PAL was associated with subsequent higher PA (b = 0.109, p < .001) and lower NA (b = -0.043, p < .001), while higher PA (b = 0.066, p < .001) and lower NA (b = -0.053, p < .001) were associated with subsequent higher PAL. The association between higher PAL and subsequent lower NA was stronger for current depression/anxiety patients than controls (p = .01). At the person-level, analyses revealed heterogeneity in bidirectional associations.
conclusionsHigher PAL may improve affect, especially among depression/anxiety patients. As the relationships vary at the person-level, ambulatory assessments may help identify who would benefit from behavioral interventions.
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