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ArticleBMC public health2023

Relationships between physical activity, body image, BMI, depression and anxiety in Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bing Han, Guoli Du, Yashu Yang, Jiping Chen, Guoxiao Sun

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Article in BMC public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Bing HanSchool of Physical Education, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Guoli DuSchool of Physical Education, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Yashu YangSchool of Philosophy and Social Development, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Jiping ChenSchool of Physical Education, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Guoxiao SunSchool of Physical Education, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China. sunguoxiao@sdu.edu.cn.

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Social Science Fund of Shandong Province, China 18DTYJ02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBoth depression and anxiety are worldwide burden that is not being abated with our current knowledge and treatment of the condition. Numerous clinical trials have supported that physical activity (PA) can reduce the depression and anxiety in adolescents, but little is known about its mechanism of action. Therefore, the study objectives were to explore the potential relationship between physical activity and depression and anxiety from the perspective of body image and body mass index (BMI), and to provide an important reference for future self-esteem education and health promotion intervention.

methodsThe participants in this study were 251 Chinese college students between 17 and 22 years old. Participants completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), the Body Image Questionnaire (BIQ), the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and the Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS). A descriptive and correlational approach was used, using the PROCESS macro for Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

results(1) Physical activity was significantly negatively correlated with both depression and anxiety (t = -0.216, p < 0.001; t = -0.184, p < 0.01). (2) Body image had a significant moderating effect on the relationship between physical activity and anxiety among college students, but there was no moderating effect between depression and physical activity. BMI has no moderating effect on the two interrelationships.

conclusionThere is only body image that moderates the relationship between anxiety and physical activity.

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Body ImageCOVID-19AdolescentAdultAnxietyBody Mass IndexDepressionExerciseHumansPandemicsStudentsYoung AdultAnxietyBMIBody imageCollege studentsDepressionPhysical activity

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PMID36604631
PMCPMC9813468

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