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Influencia de la actividad física y la dieta en el estrés y la ansiedad de la enseñanza superior
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Anxiety, physical inactivity, as well as poor adherence to a good diet are some of the most frequent problems among the university population. This may be mainly due to the preoccupation with studies, exams and all the work assignments, ending in little time for culinary and physical activity. All of this leads to an increase in pathologies such as stress and anxiety, which causes students to create bad habits. The aim of this study was to relate stress and anxiety levels, as well as physical activity and adherence to the Mediterranean diet in a sample of university students. The focus is therefore on the differences between gender and academic performance. For this purpose, a cross-sectional, descriptive, comparative, descriptive design study was used, with a sample of 272 university participants who completed the PREDIMED test, the Beck anxiety inventory and an Ad Hoc sociodemographic questionnaire. The main results obtained are that the female sex suffers a higher rate of anxiety than the opposite sex. In addition, it is important to highlight that people who practice more physical activity have lower levels of anxiety, obtaining that 8 out of 10 students who practice physical activity have lower levels of anxiety. La ansiedad, la inactividad física, así como la mala adherencia a una buena dieta son algunos de los problemas más frecuentes entre la población universitaria. Todo esto puede deberse principalmente a la preocupación por los estudios, los exámenes y todas las entregas de trabajos, finalizando en el poco tiempo para la actividad culinaria y física. Todo ello, concluye en el aumento de patologías como el estrés y la ansiedad, lo que hace que el estudiantado cree malos hábitos. El objetivo principal de este estudio fue relacionar los niveles de estrés y ansiedad, así como, la actividad física y la adherencia a la dieta mediterránea en una muestra de estudiantes universitarios. Enfocándose, por tanto, en las diferencias existentes entre el género y el rendimiento académico. Para ello, se ha utilizado un estudio de diseño comparativo, descriptivo y de corte transversal, contando con una muestra de 272 participantes universitarios, quienes completaron el test PREDIMED, el inventario de ansiedad de Beck, así como un cuestionario sociodemográfico Ad Hoc. Los principales resultados obtenidos son que, el sexo femenino padece un mayor índice de ansiedad que el sexo contrario. Además, es importante destacar que, las personas que practican mayor actividad física tienen menos niveles de ansiedad, obteniendo que, 8 de cada 10 estudiantes que practican actividad física, presentan niveles más bajos de ansiedad.
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“Evidence shows that support networks (Benavides-Sánchez et al., 2024; Qin, 2024), gender differences (Dubuc et al., 2020), and socioeconomic disparities (Weaver et al., 2020) significantly influence the impact of PA on mental health and academic outcomes.”
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- Benavides-Sánchez, M. J., Ubago-Jiménez, J. L., Melguizo-Ibáñez, E., & Alonso-Vargas, J. M.
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- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
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- physical activity, Mediterranean diet adherence, stress, anxiety, university students, gender differences, academic performance, PREDIMED questionnaire, Beck Anxiety Inventory, student mental health, academic workload, sedentary behavior
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