Happier People Live More Active Lives: Using Smartphones to Link Happiness and Physical Activity.

ABSTRACT: Physical activity, both exercise and non-exercise, has far-reaching benefits to physical health. Although exercise has also been linked to psychological health (e.g., happiness), little research has examined physical activity more broadly, taking into account non-exercise activity as well as exercise. We examined the relationship between physical activity (measured broadly) and happiness using a smartphone application. This app has collected self-reports of happiness and physical activity from over ten thousand participants, while passively gathering information about physical activity from the accelerometers on users' phones. The findings reveal that individuals who are more physically active are happier. Further, individuals are happier in the moments when they are more physically active

SUBMITTER: Lathia N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5213770 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature