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The effects of stress on physical activity and exercise.

Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2014 - 
- Vol. 44, Iss: 1, pp 81-121
TLDR
Overall, the majority of the literature finds that the experience of stress impairs efforts to be physically active, and some prospective studies report evidence that PA was positively impacted by stress (behavioral activation).
Abstract
Background Psychological stress and physical activity (PA) are believed to be reciprocally related; however, most research examining the relationship between these constructs is devoted to the study of exercise and/or PA as an instrument to mitigate distress.

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