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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025

Nature's Medicine? The Associations of Organized Youth Sport, Unstructured Physical Activity, and Land-Use Recreation with Children's Mental Health, Emotional Control, and Social Well-Being.

Natalie Stagnone, Katherine N Alexander, Kat V Adams, Travis Dorsch

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Natalie StagnoneElson S Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-2367-8532
Katherine N AlexanderDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6067-6086
Kat V AdamsDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA.
Travis DorschDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA.

Funding

Daniels Fund N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical activity is well-established as beneficial for children's physical and mental health, yet limited research has explored how different activity types impact psychosocial outcomes. This is a cross-sectional study that examined associations between youth participation in organized sport, unstructured physical activity, and land-use recreation and their psychosocial health. Survey data were collected from 3246 caregivers of children in the Intermountain West region of the United States. Respondents reported on children's physical activity engagement and psychosocial outcomes, including mental health, emotional control, and social well-being. All three activity types were significantly associated with improved psychosocial health (

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Emotional RegulationExerciseMental HealthRecreationYouth SportsAdolescentChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleSportsemotional controlmental healthphysical activitysocial well-beingyouth sport

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PMID40724079
PMCPMC12295727

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