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ArticleEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2023

Keeping Things Positive: Affect as a Mediator between Physical Activity and Psychological Functioning.

Aliakbar Foroughi, Nils T Henschel, Hassan Shahi, Scott S Hall, Lawrence S Meyers, Kheirollah Sadeghi, Aliakbar Parvizifard, Klaus Boehnke, Serge Brand

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Article in European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors.

Aliakbar ForoughiDepartment of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS), Kermanshah 6714415333, Iran.
Nils T HenschelBremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Constructor University, 28759 Bremen, Germany.
Hassan ShahiDepartment of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS), Kermanshah 6714415333, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-5481-5692
Scott S HallDepartment of Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA.
Lawrence S MeyersPsychology Department, College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University, Sacramento, CA 95819, USA.
Kheirollah SadeghiDepartment of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS), Kermanshah 6714415333, Iran.
Aliakbar ParvizifardDepartment of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS), Kermanshah 6714415333, Iran.
Klaus BoehnkeBremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Constructor University, 28759 Bremen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5435-4037
Serge BrandCenter for Affective, Sleep and Stress Disorders, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2175-2765

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Higher physical activity is generally associated with more favorable psychological functioning. However, the role of positive and negative affect in such associations is unclear. Accordingly, this cross-sectional study explored whether affect mediated the relationship of physical activity with psychological well-being (PWB) and psychological dysfunctioning (PD). Young Iranian adults (N = 200) completed self-rating questionnaires covering physical activity, positive and negative affect, and proxies of PWB and PD. Regression analyses indicated that higher physical activity levels and higher positive and lower negative affect predicted proxies of PWB. The same (albeit in the opposite direction) applied to proxies of PD. Structural equation modeling indicated that positive and negative affect mediated the relationship between physical activity and PWB/PD. Accordingly, change in affect might be an important mechanism behind the association of physical activity and PWB/PD. Future research should further explore this across target populations and cultural contexts. Longitudinal and/or experimental studies are needed to disentangle causality.

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physical activitypositive and negative affectpsychological dysfunctioningpsychological well-being

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PMID37998061
PMCPMC10669993

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