Showing papers in "Mental Health and Physical Activity in 2018"

TL;DR: In this article, the benefits of simultaneous training with the results of single cognitive and physical training on executive, cardiorespiratory and walking measures were compared to assess a potential sur-additive effect.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effect of a 9-month school intervention focusing on physical self-worth, self-perceived sport competence, body attractiveness, social competences and global self worth in children aged 10-13 years.

TL;DR: Barriers to the prescription of exercise such as lack of training and client's disinclination need to be addressed in order to overcome challenges which restrict the prescriptionof exercise as a therapeutic intervention.

TL;DR: For instance, Tremblay et al. as mentioned in this paper published the first 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (24-h movement guidelines thereafter) in 2016 that includes evidence-based recommendations on all movement behaviors for optimal health.

TL;DR: Investigating the associations of physical activity intensity and modified organized sport with cognitive (i.e., executive functions) and psychosocial development in preschoolers found decreasing LPA, increasing VPA and supporting participation in organized sport may be viable targets for cognitive and Psychosocial Development in preschool children.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the associations between the context in which physical activity (PA) is undertaken (team sports, informal group, individual PA), and each of positive mental health, anxiety symptoms and depressive symptoms.

TL;DR: Short-term executive functioning was generally similar in preschoolers after sedentary versus physically active periods, and active play promotion should be supported in early childhood education settings.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore motivation as a potential underlying factor that may explain some of the variation in the relationship between physical activity and mental wellbeing by qualitatively examining adolescents' physical activity experiences and perceived affective outcomes during leisure time, active travel, and physical education.

TL;DR: A range of issues in associating mobility data with mental health symptoms are highlighted, including a high degree of variability, data featurization, granularity, and sparsity, which should be considered to optimize assessment and guide best practices.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the impact of a school-based physical activity intervention on adolescents' self-esteem and subjective well-being, and explored moderators and mediators of intervention effects.

TL;DR: A home-based physical activity program involving cost-free exercise equipment hire was feasible and well accepted by postpartum women and perceived that the program increased their physical activity and improved psychological health.

TL;DR: Important other autonomy support for physical activity may hold positive consequences for LPA engagement and related psychological well-being in RA, independent of the negative effects of lower-limb functional disability.

TL;DR: Findings that SIT reduces overall AS to a similar extent as MICT in a fraction of the time could inform both research and practice aimed at increasing adherence to exercise protocols for psychological wellbeing.

TL;DR: Evidence does not suggest exercise is successful in significantly enhancing psychosocial health in adults with obesity, and additional high-quality RCTs are needed to improve evidence-based knowledge.

TL;DR: Elevated anxiety sensitivity is common in patients enrolled in CR and is associated with greater fears of negative consequences from exercise, and may be an important clinical target in CR to decrease patients’ fears about bodily sensations to promote exercise engagement, and in turn, enhance CR outcomes.

TL;DR: The importance of stressors on both types of adolescent and adult activity and the unique effect of self-esteem as a protective factor on PA patterns are demonstrated.

TL;DR: MULTI showed to be a feasible treatment to sustainably improve psychosocial functioning compared to TAU and increase the quality of life in inpatients with SMI.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined associations between preschool-aged children's physical activity, positive affect, and self-regulation during their everyday lives, and found that engaging in more physical activity than usual on a given day was positively associated with preschoolers' daily positive affect.

TL;DR: In this paper, qualitative interviews were conducted with thirty participants and five stakeholders involved in the London-based football intervention, Coping Through Football (CTF), aimed to capture their experiences of the intervention, as well as to gain an understanding of challenges and difficulties that participants have encountered there.

TL;DR: Broadly, children with M HDs have lower physical literacy than children without MHDs so may require greater levels of support and tailored evidence based-interventions to become physically literate.

TL;DR: Examination of the relations of physical activity and sedentary behavior to depression and anxiety symptom severity among an understudied patient population, patients in residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, suggests the potential utility of targeting physical activity in reducing risk for depression among patients with SUDs.

TL;DR: It is suggested that exercise may represent a cost-effective and accessible adjunctive intervention in the treatment of co-occurring psychiatric comorbidities among people with GD.

TL;DR: In this article, a cross-sectional study aimed to assess implicit attitudes towards exercise among psychiatric in-patients, and to correlate these implicit attitudes with their physical activity levels, and no association was found between ST-IAT score or self-reported and objectively assessed physical activity.

TL;DR: “lower” levels of physical fitness and “insufficient” physical activity are associated with “poor” sleep quality in a large sample of young adults, and special policies and strategies that enhance physical Fitness and physical activity as protective factors are warranted.

TL;DR: Evidence from this dual-site randomised crossover trial will inform practical preventive strategies aimed at optimising daily cognitive, vascular and metabolic function among the large number of older adults who are behaviourally exposed to prolonged uninterrupted sitting.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that short bouts of aerobic exercise may be a time efficient approach for enhancing general cognitive processes required during performance of tasks that modulate inhibitory control demands.

TL;DR: It was demonstrated that sleep quality was positively associated with time of moderate and total PA per week, and no associations were found between PA levels and anxiolytics and antipsychotic medication.

TL;DR: This article examined the effect of a school-based multicomponent physical activity intervention on aggression in adolescent males from low-income areas, and explored potential mediators of change in aggression.

TL;DR: Although higher levels of LTPA are positively associated with many health-related factors, promoting PA alone is not enough when aiming to manage and modify HCU among depressed patients.

TL;DR: The difference between outpatients with SMI that meet and do not meet physical activity guidelines in relation to barriers to physical activity in domain areas that are theoretically-informed from determinant areas of physical activity behaviour change is examined.