American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 127, No. 4: 762-771
Copyright © 1988 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
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EXERCISE AND PSYCHOLOGIC WELL-BEING IN THE COMMUNITY1
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In a representative sample of 401 adults in illinois in 1984, the authors found that increased participation in exercise, sports, and physical activities is associated with improved psychologic well-being. Part of this association is through improved subjective physical health. The authors controlled for potentially confounding factors, including sociodemographic characteristics, instrumentalism, and overweight. They concluded that exercise is associated with decreased symptoms of depression (feelings that life is not worthwhile, low spirits, etc.), anxiety (restlessness, tension, etc.), and malaise (rundown feeling, trouble sleeping, etc.) in the general population, most of which is not severely depressed, and in which many persons are engaged in moderate, nonaerobic exercise.
anxiety; depression; exercise; physical
1From the Department of Sociology and College of Medicine, 326 Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois, 702 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801.
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