Sport and physical exercise in sustainable mental health care of common mental disorders: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Lange, Klaus W.; Nakamura, Yukiko; Reißmann, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.smhs.2023.01.005

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“… 18 – 20 Murphy et al 19 found that students who participated in sporting activities, both in school and out of school, exhibited lower levels of general anxiety compared to students who did not engage in any form of sports. Lange et al 20 concluded that the effectiveness of sport participation as part of sustainable anxiety care shows significant and clinically meaningful efficacy, with virtually no adverse effects, thus offering a promising option for the prevention and treatment of anxiety disorders. Engaging in PA may have beneficial effects on cognition by potentially reducing anxiety through energy expenditure.…”

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How to reduce anxiety symptoms through individual sport in youth: A longitudinal study over 8-month observation

Wang,

Zhang,

Huang

et al. 2024

SAGE Open Medicine

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Background: Anxiety symptoms are widely observed among the youth, and engagement in sports has been demonstrated to mitigate these symptoms. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of specific sports and the potential moderating role of psychological factors, such as self-esteem and self-efficacy, on the influence of sports on anxiety, remains to be elucidated. This study was designed to longitudinally assess the impact of sports participation on anxiety symptoms among young individuals. Methods: The study encompassed 163 university students, with a male predominance of 81.6%, and explored the influence of sport-related factors (such as mastery of table tennis skills, level and engagement) and psychological aspects (including self-efficacy, self-esteem and resilience) on anxiety symptoms, employing an 8-month longitudinal approach. Physical activity, sedentary and sleep behaviour, along with age, body mass index (BMI), and sex, were accounted for as confounding variables. Results: The study found that high table tennis performance score was found to buffer the development of anxiety symptoms in students with decreased self-esteem in an exploratory moderation model. Self-esteem and self-efficacy were negatively associated with the development of anxiety symptoms, whereas physical activity factors did not have a direct effect. Conclusion: This study highlights the potential of table tennis as a form of sport to alleviate anxiety symptoms in university students, particularly among those with decreased self-esteem. Future research should address the study’s limitations and explore the potential moderating effects of other psychological factors. Overall, these findings suggest a potential new approach to treating anxiety symptoms among university students.

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How to reduce anxiety symptoms through individual sport in youth: A longitudinal study over 8-month observation

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Huang

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Jeremy Morris as a pioneer of behavioural epidemiology, social medicine and public health

Lange

2023

Scand J Public Health

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Seventy years ago, the Scottish epidemiologist Jeremy Morris published his seminal papers in exercise epidemiology, providing evidence of the positive relationship between physical activity levels and reduced mortality. Today, we may remember Morris’s pivotal role in establishing physical activity as a key factor in preventive medicine and public health. The roots of the role of behavioural epidemiology in modern public health lay in Morris’s research on the association of coronary heart disease with physical activity at work. In consequence, a new focus for public health emerged, with an emphasis on chronic disease as well as modification of lifestyle and individual behaviour. While the immense value of his research on the health benefits of exercise is widely recognised, his influence on the teaching of social medicine is generally less well-known. Morris was involved in the pioneering course of MSc in Social Medicine at the London School of Hygiene, which was emblematic of the redefining of public health in the late 1960s. Morris gave legitimacy to a wide range of issues regarded at that time as soft and second class, including health promotion, sociology and the care of people with disability and chronic conditions. In consequence of his observation of a relationship between socioeconomic status and individual behaviour patterns in regard to exercise, nutrition and smoking, Morris urged that greater attention be paid to inequalities.

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The impact of the war in Ukraine on the psychological well-being of students

Pypenko,

Stadnik,

Melnyk

et al. 2023

IJSA

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Background and Aim of Study: The war in Ukraine affects the psychological state and life activities of university students. Aim of the study: to identify the state of psychological well-being of students and the peculiarities of students’ use of coping strategies in overcoming life crises on their own. Material and Methods: The study was conducted among 323 Ukrainian university students aged 20-35 in October 2023. According to the impact of the hostilities on them, the respondents were divided into 3 groups: Group 1 – 111 persons living in the area of active hostilities; Group 2 – 104 persons living in the areas where missiles and drones were fired; Group 3 – 108 persons living on the territory of Ukraine, where there were no hostilities and shelling, and in the EU countries. The Psychological General Well-Being Index, PGWBI, and the Coping Strategies Inventory, CSI, were included in an online survey. Both techniques were found to have adequate internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha was 0.928 and 0.759, respectively). Results: Respondents in all groups are moderately distressed. The highest level of distress (the lowest level of PGWBI) was found among students in Group 1 (55.1 points). Students in Groups 2 and 3 had lower scores (60.1 and 63.5 points, respectively), which corresponds to moderate distress. Students use a variety of coping strategies in stressful situations. However, the coping strategy of cognitive restructuring was used more often (9.8 points in Group 3, 9.5 points in Group 1). This was due to a general rethinking of the meaning of life, of attitudes toward oneself and others because of the war. Coping strategies of social support (8.9 points) and self-criticism (8.7 points) were also important for Group 1. This was due to the importance of social support, reassessment of one’s own behavior and thinking in the war. Conclusions: The obtained data indicate that the war in Ukraine has a negative impact on the psychological state of students. The level of impact was higher the closer the students were to the active combat zone. This influence determined the students' choice of coping strategies in dealing with life crises on their own.

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Sport and physical exercise in sustainable mental health care of common mental disorders: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 4 publications

References 84 publications

How to reduce anxiety symptoms through individual sport in youth: A longitudinal study over 8-month observation

How to reduce anxiety symptoms through individual sport in youth: A longitudinal study over 8-month observation

Jeremy Morris as a pioneer of behavioural epidemiology, social medicine and public health

The impact of the war in Ukraine on the psychological well-being of students

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