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Mental Health, Overweight, and Physical Exercise in Young Portuguese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

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dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Tânia
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Diogo
dc.contributor.authorMatos, Rui
dc.contributor.authorDuarte-Mendes, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorCouto, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorAntunes, Raul
dc.contributor.authorOliveira Diz, Susana Cristina
dc.contributor.authorAmaro, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorSusano Jacinto, Miguel Ângelo
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-16T12:37:45Z
dc.date.available2025-06-16T12:37:45Z
dc.date.issued2025-04-07en_US
dc.date.updated2025-06-12T08:58:29Z
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to see if there are any associations between mental health, Body Mass Index (BMI), and physical exercise (PE) in young Portuguese adults. The sample consisted of 414 people aged between 18 and 25 years old. A sociodemographic questionnaire designed for this study and the Mental Health Inventory were used. To analyze the results, the total sample was divided according to the criteria “BMI ≥ 5 kg/m2”; “BMI < 25 kg/m2”; “does not practice PE”; and “practices PE”, and sample groups were formed with these names. It was found that there was an association between the dimensions of the Mental Health Inventory and the average time spent practicing PE in the total sample (r from 0.099 to 0.160) and in individuals with a BMI < 25 kg/m2 (r = 0.154 and 0.169). In individuals with a BMI ≥25 kg/m2, there was an association between the ‘BMI’ and depression variables (r = −0.174). In all groups, associations were found between the variables of age and BMI (r from 0.120 to 0.216). There was also a significant effect of group (non-exercise vs. exercise groups) on the dependent variables, Λ = 0.972, F(5, 408) = 2.329, p = 0.042, η2p = 0.28. This study confirms the association between PE and mental health and suggests that BMI may have an influence on the appearance of depressive symptoms in young Portuguese adults.eng
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dc.identifier.citationGonçalves, T., Monteiro, D., Matos, R., Duarte-Mendes, P., Couto, N., Antunes, R., Diz, S., Amaro, N., & Jacinto, M. (2025). Mental Health, Overweight, and Physical Exercise in Young Portuguese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study. Applied Sciences, 15(7), 4056. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15074056
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/app15074056en_US
dc.identifier.issn2076-3417en_US
dc.identifier.slugcv-prod-4439170
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13258
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.publisherMDPI
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dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/7/4056
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectphysical exerciseen_US
dc.subjectoverweighten_US
dc.subjectobesityen_US
dc.subjectyoung adultsen_US
dc.titleMental Health, Overweight, and Physical Exercise in Young Portuguese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Studyeng
dc.typeresearch articleen_US
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oaire.citation.issue7en_US
oaire.citation.startPage4056
oaire.citation.titleApplied Sciencesen_US
oaire.citation.volume15en_US
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