scholarly journals Physical activity, approach-avoidance temperament and depressive symptoms

Kinesiology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose A. Cecchini ◽  
Javier Fernandez-Río ◽  
Antonio Mendez-Gimenez
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Intraindividual Change ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Approach Avoidance ◽  
Lower Limits

The goal was to assess the connections between vigorous physical activity (VPA), approach-avoidance temperament and depressive symptoms. Two studies were conducted. Study 1, correlational, to assess the mediating role of both dimensions of temperament, approach-avoidance contrast, between physical activity and depressive symptoms. Participants, 335 college students, completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, the Depressive Symptoms Scale (DSS) and the Approach-Avoidance Temperament Questionnaire (Ap-AvTQ). Results showed that approach-avoidance contrast could be considered a potential mediator between VPA and depressive symptoms. The global model was significant, F(2, 351)=3.22, p<.001, R2=14.91%, R2 adjusted=14.42%, and the bootstrapped upper and lower limits did not contain zero with the lower limit at -.05 and the upper at -14, suggesting a connection between VPA and depressive symptoms mediated by the approach-avoidance contrast temperament. Study 2, longitudinal, to test if a physical activity program could produce changes in approach-avoidance contrast temperament, manipulating the depressive symptoms. A VPA program was conducted with 149 college students. Participants completed the DSS and the Ap-AvTQ. The true intraindividual change modeling technique, a more direct approach to modeling interindividual differences in intraindividual change without using a control group, showed that participants’ depressive symptoms were predicted through the mediation of the approach-avoidance contrast temperament (γ=-.36, p<.001). VPA was positively linked to the approach-avoidance contrast temperament that was negatively connected to depressive symptoms, and negatively linked to the approach-avoidance contrast temperament that was positively connected to depressive symptoms. It seems possible to influence depressive symptoms through approach-avoidance contrast temperament using VPA.

scholarly journals Self-Determined Motivation Mediates the Association between Self-Reported Availability of Green Spaces for Exercising and Physical Activity: An Explorative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1312
Author(s):  
Migle Baceviciene ◽  
Rasa Jankauskiene
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
The Self ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Behavior Regulation ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Study Support ◽  
Practical Implications

The aim of the study was to test the associations between the self-reported access to exercise in green spaces (GS) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) testing the mediating role of the motivation. Based on self-determination theory (SDT), we expected that self-determined motivation will mediate the associations between the self-reported availability of GS for exercising (GSE) and MVPA with the most self-determined exercise regulation forms (identified and intrinsic motivation) demonstrating the strongest positive associations between the variables. Method: The sample consisted of 2154 participants (74.7% women). The ages ranged from 18 to 79 years, with a mean age of 32.6 (SD = 12.2) years. Participants completed the Behavior Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2, the measures of self-reported distance to residential GS (RGS), availability of the GS for exercising (GSE), and physical activity (PA). Logistic regression and path analysis were used to test the associations between study variables. Results: Higher reported distance to RGS was associated with lower reported availability of GSE, but not PA. Availability of GSE was directly associated with more frequent MVPA. More autonomous forms of exercise behavior regulation (intrinsic and identified regulations) mediated the associations between self-reported availability of GSE and MVPA. Internal and identified exercise regulations were directly associated with more frequent MVPA. Conclusions: The results of the present study support the main tenets of SDT suggesting that self-determined behavioral exercise regulation is an important mediator between the self-reported availability of GSE and general MVPA. Practical implications of these findings are discussed herein.

scholarly journals The Mediating Effect of Coping Style on Physical Activity and Negative Affect Caused by Public Health Emergencies: Evidence from Chinese College Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 12086
Author(s):  
Yuetao Liu ◽  
Zhiyuan Wang ◽  
Songhui You
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
College Students ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Public Health Emergencies ◽  
Negative Coping

In this study, we explored the relationship between physical activity (PA), coping style (CS) and negative affect caused by public health emergencies (PHENA), to examine if CS can play a mediating role between PA and PHENA, and analyzed the different effects of positive coping (PC) and negative coping (NC). Using the method of random sampling, 700 students from four universities in Beijing and Shanghai were recruited to complete questionnaires about PA, CS and PHENA. Data collection was conducted through online and offline questionnaires. Firstly, there is a significant correlation between PA, CS and PHENA. Secondly, PA can negatively predict PHENA, and PA has positive impact on PC and negative impact on NC. Thirdly, the mediating role of NC related to PHENA is significant, the mediating role of PC related to PHENA is not significant. College students’ participation in physical activity can reduce the probability of adopting negative coping mechanisms, thereby alleviating the PHENA.

Vigorous Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms in College Students

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 516-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa J. Harbour ◽  
Timothy K. Behrens ◽  
Han S. Kim ◽  
Connie L. Kitchens
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Response Relationship ◽  
Dose Response Relationship ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Logistic Regressions

Background:The purpose of this study was to examine whether college students meeting the vigorous physical activity (VPA) recommendation reported less frequent symptoms of depression than those not meeting the recommendation.Methods:A secondary analysis of the Utah Higher Education Health Behavior Survey was conducted. Descriptive statistics and unconditional logistic regressions were calculated.Results:The final sample included 8621 participants (age = 21.34 ± 2.6 years). There was a difference in the frequency of depressive symptoms and VPA. Those not meeting the VPA recommendation reported having more frequent depressive symptoms than those meeting the VPA recommendation. Results were consistent by gender.Conclusion:In this sample, our data suggest VPA may be associated with a reduction in depressive symptoms. These findings might be indicative of a dose–response relationship between VPA and symptoms of depression in college students.

scholarly journals Epidemic Rumination and Resilience on College Students' Depressive Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Fatigue

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baojuan Ye ◽  
Xiuxiu Zhou ◽  
Hohjin Im ◽  
Mingfan Liu ◽  
Xin Qiang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Depressive Symptomology ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
At Home

The restriction of numerous sectors of society and the uncertainty surrounding the development of the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in adverse psychological states to college students isolated at home. In this study, we explored the mediating role of fatigue in the effects of epidemic rumination and resilience on depressive symptoms as well as how epidemic rumination and resilience may interact with one another. A large sample of Chinese college students (N = 1,293) completed measures on epidemic rumination, resilience, fatigue, and depressive symptoms. Results indicated depressive symptomology was positively predicted by epidemic rumination while negatively predicted by resilience. In both cases, fatigue partially mediated these effects and positively predicted depressive symptoms. Unexpectedly, epidemic rumination and resilience interacted in a manner where the effect of rumination on fatigue became stronger as resiliency increased. Theoretical and practical implications are provided to further interpret the results.

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