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Specific associations between types of physical activity and components of mental health

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Asztalos, Melinda, Wijndaele, Katrien, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Philippaerts, Renaat, Matton, Lynn, Duvigneaud, Nathalie, Thomis, Martine, Duquet, William +2 more·2009·Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
DOI 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.06.009
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Findings of previous studies suggest that the relationship between physical activity and mental health may change across different domains of physical activity, different dimensions of mental health, and different population subgroups. The present study examined associations between five types of physical activity with different contents: housework, leisure active transportation, biking to/from work, walking to/from work, and sports participation, and two dimensions of mental health: perceived stress and psychological distress, in 1919 participants aged 20-65 years, using the data from the Flemish Policy Research Centre Sport, Physical Activity and Health. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed with the total sample, and with the sample stratified by gender, age, and occupational category. Further, separate models were used in the gender and age subgroups of each occupational category. Sports participation was the only type of physical activity inversely associated with both stress (OR=0.375; CI: 0.200-0.704) and distress (OR=0.480; CI: 0.253-0.910). Sports participation related to less distress in unemployed mid-aged adults, and to less stress in unemployed women, unemployed young adults, and young adults with blue-collar jobs. Housework was associated with more stress and more distress in women with blue-collar jobs. In young adults with white-collar jobs, however, an inverse association between housework and distress was found. Biking to and from work was associated with more stress in men with blue-collar jobs. Results invite consideration for the utility, and perhaps the necessity, of differentiated health recommendations for physical health and for mental health in different population subgroups.

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  • Individual studies have shown that leisure-time physical activity has a stronger relationship with mental health and mental ill-health compared to work-related, transport, and household physical activity.

    “Further, a number of individual studies have shown that leisure-time PA has a stronger relationship with mental health and mental illhealth, compared to work-related PA, transport PA, and household PA. [13][14][15]”

    From Domain-Specific Physical Activity and Mental Health: A Meta-analysis (2017) · cites this paper as [13]

    The Discussion reports that sports participation, unlike the other activity types studied, was consistently associated with less stress and psychological distress. But the Methods distinguish sports from leisure active transportation, and the study measured commuting activity rather than physical activity performed at work. The finding therefore supports a narrower comparison than the claim's broad leisure-time versus work-related, transport, and household comparison. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Asztalos reported that transport physical activity was associated with increased stress among blue collar workers but not among white collar workers.

    “Furthermore, Asztalos reported that transport PA was associated with increased stress among blue collar workers but not among white collar workers.13”

    From Domain-Specific Physical Activity and Mental Health: A Meta-analysis (2017) · cites this paper as [13]

    The Results report an association between biking to and from work and more stress specifically in men with blue-collar jobs, not blue-collar workers generally or transport physical activity as a whole. The Discussion says the only significant association among people with white-collar jobs concerned housework and distress, which supports the absence of a reported transport–stress association in that group. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Work-related physical activity is likely to be viewed as a compulsory task and may be enforced by another person or only carried out for the purpose of receiving an external reward such as pay.

    “Alternatively, work-related PA is likely to be viewed as a compulsory task and may be enforced by another person or only carried out for the purpose of receiving an external reward (i.e., pay).13”

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    The Discussion (page unavailable) says active transportation can involve some compulsion: getting to work is “a must,” and economic reasons may motivate biking to work. It does not say that work-related physical activity is enforced by another person or undertaken for pay; its example concerns commuting rather than physical activity performed at work. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Asztalos, M., Wijndaele, K., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Philippaerts, R., Matton, L., Duvigneaud, N., Thomis, M., Duquet, W., Lefevre, J., & Cardon, G.
Affiliations
  • Ghent University (BE)
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
Corresponding author
Cardon, Greet
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-07
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pages
468-474
ISSN
1440-2440 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jsams.2008.06.009
OpenAlex
W1989545534
Cited by
142
References
33
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FWCI
2.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of science and medicine in sport (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
  • VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Vlaamse regering
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
  • Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Sports and Physical Education Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
Keywords
physical activity, mental health, perceived stress, psychological distress, sports participation, housework, active travel, occupational differences, gender differences, age differences, unemployed people, blue-collar occupations, white-collar work, health advice
MeSH terms
Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Employment, Female, Household Work, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Sex Factors, Sports, Stress, Psychological, Exercise, Young Adult

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