Physical activity and mental health in children and adolescents: An updated review of reviews and an analysis of causality
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Physical activity has a positive impact on the health of children and adolescents.
“many recent studies have demonstrated the positive impact of physical activity on the health of children and adolescents [19,20,21,22].”
Physical activity and sleep duration are two volitational, lifestyle-related behaviors that have been identified as being associated with the prevalence of anxiety and depression among adolescents.
“Physical activity and sleep duration are two volitational, lifestyle-related behaviors that have been identified as being associated with the prevalence of anxiety and depression among adolescents [9,10,11,12,13].”
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- Authors
- Biddle, S. J. H., Ciaccioni, S., Thomas, G., & Vergeer, I.
- Affiliations
- University of Southern Queensland (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Biddle, Stuart J.H.
- Venue
- Psychology of Sport and Exercise
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-05
- Volume
- 42
- Pages
- 146-155
- ISSN
- 1469-0292 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2890892407
- Cited by
- 1,454
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 271 · 2025: 260 · 2024: 205 · 2023: 191 · 2022: 201 · 2021: 184 · 2020: 110 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 54.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychology of sport and exercise (publishedVersion)
- University of Southern Queensland ePrints (University of Southern Queensland) (acceptedVersion)
- Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Keywords
- physical activity, mental health, children, adolescents, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, cognitive function, causal inference, Hill criterion, dose-response relationship, physical fitness, exercise intervention
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