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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Correlations between Mental Health, Physical Activity, and Body Composition in American College Students after the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown.

Luis Torres, Manuela C Caciula, Alin S Tomoiaga, Carmen Gugu-Gramatopol

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Luis TorresDepartment of Exercise Science and Physical Education, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1812-1770
Manuela C CaciulaDepartment of Health and Exercise Science, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ 07305, USA.
Alin S TomoiagaDepartment of Accounting, Business, Analytics, CIS, and Law, Manhattan College, Bronx, NY 10471, USA.
Carmen Gugu-GramatopolDepartment of Physical Education and Mountain Sports, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brasov, Romania.
Manhattan University · USMontclair State University · USNew Jersey City University · USTransylvania University of Brașov · RO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic had forced American college students to significantly reduce their daily energy expenditure and increase their sedentary behaviors, thus presumably increasing mental health symptoms, decreasing physical activity levels, and enhancing the promotion of unhealthy eating habits. This study aimed to explore the correlations between mental health symptoms, physical activity levels, and body composition in college students in the years following the pandemic, focusing on the lingering effects of lockdown measures. American college students completed pre-existing, well-validated surveys for both mental health (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) and physical activity (International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Long Form). Body composition was assessed in person with the use of an Inbody 570 device. Of the 90 American college students (

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COVID-19Mental HealthAnxietyBody CompositionCommunicable Disease ControlDepressionExerciseFemaleHumansPandemicsStudentsanxietydepressioninactivitynutritionsedentary

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PMID37998276
PMCPMC10670983
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