ArticlePreventive medicine reports2025
Associations between youth lifestyle habits, sociodemographic characteristics, and health status with positive mental health: A gender-based analysis in a sample of Canadian postsecondary students.
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- Exploring the role of modifiable sex/gender-specific risk and protective factors for anxiety among young people in high income countries: a systematic narrative review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Physical Activity Moderates the Relationship Between Screen Time and Body Dissatisfaction in Early Adulthood.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2026Article
- Physical activity and depressive symptoms among college students: positive mental health as a mediator.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Objective: This study aims to estimate associations between lifestyle habits, sociodemographic characteristics, health status, and positive mental health (i.e., flourishing, languishing, moderate) and anxiety and depression symptoms in postsecondary students. Methods: This cross-sectional study used a convenience sample of 2165 Canadian first-semester postsecondary students (59 % female, 41 % men). Participants reported positive mental health using the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form and completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to screen for probable cases of anxiety and depression in the Fall of 2023. Participants reported lifestyle habits including recreational screen time (hours/day), physical activity (minutes/week), in-person social interaction (frequency/week), and homework (hours/week). Participants reported age, gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health status (presence of a disability or health problem). Results: Women's weekend screen time was associated with an 11 % reduction in the odds of experiencing flourishing mental health (odds ratio [OR]: 0.89, 95 % CI, 0.83-0.95), and never engaging in in-person socializing increased the odds of women experiencing languishing mental health (OR: 3.80, 95 % CI, 1.45-9.96). More frequent engagement in physical activity and homework were each associated with an increased odds of men experiencing flourishing mental health (OR: 1.00, 95 % CI, 1.00-1.00; OR: 1.03, 95 % CI, 1.00-1.05). Conclusions: These findings highlight modifiable lifestyle habits including screen time, physical activity, in-person socializing, and homework which can be leveraged for mental health promotion among postsecondary students.
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