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Physical activity habits prevent psychological distress in female academic students: The multiple mediating role of physical and psychosocial parameters.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Instruments used to measure well-being, ill-being, and health-related lifestyle behaviors in students attending Italian universities: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Siblings of Persons with Disabilities: A Systematic Integrative Review of the Empirical Literature.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- The correlation between physical activity and psychological resilience in young students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Physical activity and mental health: a systematic review and best-evidence synthesis of mediation and moderation studies.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
- Exercise adherence and subjective well-being: the chain mediating roles of self-efficacy and outcome expectations.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Physical activity and depressive symptoms among college students: positive mental health as a mediator.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The effect of physical activity and life events on mental health of college students: the mediating role of psychological vulnerability.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Relationship between motivational climate, anxiety and average mark in pre-service physical education teachers: a cross-sectional study based on structural equation modelling approach.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Judo exercises increase emotional expression, self-control, and psychological resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The impact of physical activity on self-emotion management among university students in Western China: the mediating roles of self-rated health and life satisfaction.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Influence of physical activity on perceived stress and mental health in university students: a systematic review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Review
- The relationship between exercise habits and mental health among university students in China: a cross-sectional study based on instrumental variable analysis.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Towards active health: A study on the relationship between physical activity and body image among college students.Heliyon · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Psychological distress is recognised as the most common mental health difficulty in emerging adult (18-to-24-year-old) female academic students. This study aimed to test a novel model positing physical activity habits as a protective factor for psychological distress through the mediating role of physical and psychological parameters. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and self-reported physical health status were included as physical parameters. Self-reported psychological health status and time spent on leisure activities were the psychological parameters considered. Method: Data were collected between April and May 2021. Correlation analyses and a multiple mediation model were computed on 411 online questionnaires filled out by 18-to-24-year-old female students from the University of blind (Italy). Results: The multiple indirect effects were significant ( Conclusions: Results show that academic policies should be adopted so as to design physical activity programmes that may improve the students' healthy behaviours and social interactions, which, in turn, mitigate the detrimental effects of psychological distress.
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