Can physical activity help explain the gender gap in adolescent mental health? A cross-sectional exploration

Halliday, Amber J.; Turnbull, Deborah

doi:10.1016/j.mhpa.2019.02.003

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“…Mental health served as the outcome variable and was measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), a short version with 10 items (Andresen, Malmgren, Carter, & Patrick, 1994). Many other studies have used the absence of depression to measure mental health (Das et al, 2007;Halliday, Kern & Turnbull, 2019;Wu, Lu, & Kang, 2014). The results of the study by Mackinnon, McCallum, Andrews, and Anderson (1998) confirmed that the responses on CES-D are comparable across cultures, including Indonesia.…”

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“…There has been evidence of the relationships between gender, marital status, age, level of education, personality traits, religiosity, physical activity, subjective poverty and mental health (Elavsky & Mcauley, 2007;GhorbaniAmir, AhmadiGatab, & Shayan, 2011;Halliday et al, 2019;Mehrtash & Ince, 2018). Therefore, we intended to control for these potential confounders of the relationship between social capital and mental health.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Social Capital and Mental Health among Older Adults in Indonesia: A Multilevel Approach

Nizeyumukiza

Pierewan

Ndayambaje

et al. 2020

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In the social epidemiology field, social capital plays an important role as a determinant of a population's mental health. Despite the vast number of studies on this issue, few have been conducted among the aging Indonesian population. This study is intended to investigate this association using a multilevel approach on a sample of 2,496 older adults. The data come from the 5th wave of the Indonesian Family Life Survey. The results revealed that taking into account cluster-specific random effects, social trust at the individual level predicted decreased depression among older adults only before adjusting for control variables. Neighborhood safety emerged as the only indicator of social capital that predicted reduced depression of elders after adjusting for control variables. In addition, high levels of poverty at the community level were associated with increased depression, and having completed senior high school, being healthy, and doing physical activity frequently were consistently associated with reduced depression across all models. In conclusion, living in a safe community with reduced levels of poverty might be protective factors against depression for older adults.

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Social Capital and Mental Health among Older Adults in Indonesia: A Multilevel Approach

Nizeyumukiza

Pierewan

Ndayambaje

et al. 2020

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“…Irrespective of the current COVID-19 pandemic, women worldwide are disproportionately susceptible to many of the causes of poor mental health ( Halliday, Kern, & Turnbull, 2019 ; Hodes & Epperson, 2019 ). This occurs through: domestic violence and disharmony; damaging workplace dynamics; disproportionate expectations to act as carers for other family members; and reduced opportunities to alleviate stress by temporary escape from domestic social dynamics.…”

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Mental health rescue effects of women's outdoor tourism: A role in COVID-19 recovery

Buckley

Westaway²

2020

Annals of Tourism Research

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Mental and social health outcomes from a portfolio of women's outdoor tourism products, with ~100,000 clients, are analysed using a catalysed netnography of >1000 social media posts. Entirely novel outcomes include: psychological rescue; recognition of a previously missing life component, and flow-on effects to family members. Outcomes reported previously for extreme sports, but not previously for hiking in nature, include psychological transformation. Outcomes also identified previously include: happiness, gratitude, relaxation, clarity and insights, nature appreciation, challenge and capability, and companionship and community effects. Commercial outdoor tourism enterprises can contribute powerfully to the wellbeing of women and families. This will be especially valuable for mental health recovery, following deterioration during COVID-19 coronavirus lockdowns worldwide.

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“…One aspect we were not expecting was the lack of significant differences in well-being between boys and girls. Previous studies suggest girls have lower levels of well-being than boys [48], and the gap between boys and girls may be explained by PA [16]. A correlate of well-being is health complaints, and recent studies suggest girls report more health complaints than boys, implying wellbeing would be lower among girls than boys [49].…”

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“…Cross-sectional studies repeatedly found positive associations in PA and positive mental health [15,16]. In addition, intervention studies have had small but significant effects on improvements in mental health, such as a reduction in depression [17] and increases in health-related quality of life [18].…”

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The Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour with Mental Health in a Nationwide Sample of Kazakhstan Adolescents

Ng¹,

Cosma²,

Abdrakhmanova³

et al. 2019

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As mental health problems tend to increase during adolescence and is a serious public health issue in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Early detection is necessary and monitoring at the population level can be used to evaluate the progress of national programmes promoting positive well-being. Physical activity (PA) can be protective whereas increased screen time behaviours (STB) can be a risk for low levels of well-being. A national representative sample (n=4,731) of young adolescents aged 11y, 13y, and 15y from the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in the WHO collaborative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. Respondents completed the WHO-5 Well-being scale, and items in on PA and STB. Internationally recognised, recommended cut-offs were used for analyses. Two models of binary logistic regressions were performed to examine the associations with PA (Model 1) and PA with STB (Model 2) after stratification by gender and controlling for age, locality and family affluence. Three quarters of young adolescents in the Republic of Kazakhstan have good overall well-being, despite the proportion reduces as adolescents age from 11y to 15y (boys, OR=0.66 CI=0.49-0.80; girls, OR=0.55, CI=0.43-0.71). The odds ratio for positive well-being were more than twice for boys and more than 3.5 for girls who reported daily PA than not being active daily. Spending less time on STB for girls was associated with positive well-being than spending more STB time (OR=1.28, CI=1.04-1.59). Well-being among young adolescents drops dramatically between the ages of 11y and 15y and is higher among rural schools attendees than in urban schools. The recommended amounts of PA can be protective of low well-being for both boys and girls. However, meeting reporting STB recommendations was only protective for girls and not boys. Designing and implementing positive well-being programmes require consideration of locality and amounts of PA and STB

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Can physical activity help explain the gender gap in adolescent mental health? A cross-sectional exploration

Cited by 44 publications

References 53 publications

Social Capital and Mental Health among Older Adults in Indonesia: A Multilevel Approach

Social Capital and Mental Health among Older Adults in Indonesia: A Multilevel Approach

Mental health rescue effects of women's outdoor tourism: A role in COVID-19 recovery

The Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour with Mental Health in a Nationwide Sample of Kazakhstan Adolescents

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