The importance of social factors in the association between physical activity and depression in children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity is associated with reduced depression in youth and adults. However, our understanding of how different aspects of youth activities-specifically, the degree to which they are social, team-oriented, and physical-relate to mental health in children is less clear.

Methods

Here we use a data-driven approach to characterize the degree to which physical and non-physical youth activities are social and team-oriented. We then examine the relationship between depressive symptoms and participation in different clusters of youth activities using mixed effect models and causal mediation analyses in 11,875 children from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. We test our hypotheses in an original sample (n = 4520, NDA release 1.1) and r

SUBMITTER: Conley MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7321548 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature