Patterns of Objectively Measured Sedentary Time and Emotional Disorder Symptoms Among Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined the within-person longitudinal and bidirectional associations between patterns of sedentary time accumulation [alpha (sedentary bout duration/length), sedentary breaks (number of breaks in sedentary bouts)], and symptoms of major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

Methods

Children [N = 167, 10.1(0.9) years old, 54.5% female, 59.3% Hispanic, 35.9% overweight/obese at baseline] participated in a 3-year longitudinal study that consisted of assessments of sedentary time, and depressive and anxiety symptoms. At each assessment, participants wore accelerometers and completed the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale. Separate random intercept cross-lagged panel models estimated the within-person longitudinal and bidirectional associati

SUBMITTER: Zink J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9297093 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature