Sedentary behavior and physical activity predicting depressive symptoms in adolescents beyond attributes of health-related physical fitness Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Sedentary behavior and physical activity predicting depressive symptoms in adolescents beyond attributes of health-related physical fitness

Creator

  • Author: Farren, Gene L.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: University of North Texas
  • Author: Zhang, Tao
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: University of North Texas
  • Author: Gu, Xiangli
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: University of North Texas
  • Author: Thomas, Katherine
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: University of North Texas

Publisher

  • Name: Elsevier Science Ltd.
    Place of Publication: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Date

  • Creation: 2017-03-22

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This article investigates whether sedentary behavior and fitness-producing activity predicted depression in active adolescents over and above gender and fitness attributes.
  • Physical Description: 8 p.

Subject

  • Keyword: accelerometers
  • Keyword: adolescent health
  • Keyword: cardiorespiratory fitness
  • Keyword: fitnessgram
  • Keyword: mental health
  • Keyword: moderate-to-vigorous-intensity activity

Source

  • Journal: Journal of Sport and Health Science, 7, Elsevier, March 22, 2017, pp. 1-8

Citation

  • Publication Title: Journal of Sport and Health Science
  • Volume: 7
  • Page Start: 489
  • Page End: 496
  • Peer Reviewed: True

Collection

  • Name: UNT Scholarly Works
    Code: UNTSW

Institution

  • Name: UNT College of Education
    Code: UNTCED

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: by-nc-nd

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2017.03.008
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1404237

Degree

  • Academic Department: Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation

Note

  • Display Note: Abstract: Background: Sedentary behavior (SB), physical activity (PA), and attributes of physical fitness have been shown to be related to depressive symptoms in adolescents. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether SB and fitness-producing activity predicted depression in active adolescents over and above gender and fitness attributes. Methods: Participants were 249 adolescents (age: 12.85 ± 0.89 years, mean ± SD) from 3 public middle schools who wore Actical accelerometers to assess their SB and PA. Participants also completed the FITNESSGRAM health-related fitness assessment and a brief depression questionnaire. A 3-step hierarchical regression analysis was conducted with gender and fitness attributes (i.e., body mass index (BMI), maximal volume oxygen uptake (VO2max), curlups, and pushups), moderate-and vigorous-intensity activity, and SB entered in respective steps. Results: Regression analysis indicated activity variables (i.e., moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity) significantly predicted depression (ΔR2=0.12, p<0.01) beyond gender and fitness attributes. Overall, gender, fitness attributes, activity variables, SB explained 31% of the variance in depression. Structure coefficients revealed VO2max (rs=-0.77), moderate-intensity activity (rx=-0.67), vigorous-intensity activity (rs=-0.81) and SB (rs=0.57) were substantially correlated with the criterion variable; thus, they were the strongest predictors of depression. Conclusion: The findings of the current study indicated SB and PA were both significant predictors of depression; however, sufficient fitness-producing activity and adequate cardiorespiratory fitness may nullify the negative influence of SB on depressive symptoms in active adolescents.
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