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Exercise and Mental Health Over the Course of a Semester.

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Title/Author:	Exercise and Mental Health Over the Course of a Semester./
Author:	Whitney, Jamie Alexis.
Description:	1 online resource (47 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 85-01.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International85-01.
Subject:	Mental health. -
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ISBN:	9798379925604

Exercise and Mental Health Over the Course of a Semester.
Whitney, Jamie Alexis.

Exercise and Mental Health Over the Course of a Semester. - 1 online resource (47 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 85-01.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Carolina, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references

Introduction and purpose: Anxiety and depression are two of the most common mental health struggles in the United States each year. There has been promising research noting the positive effects of exercise on lowering symptoms of both anxiety and depression. Anxiety and depression are highly prevalent on college campuses, especially during high stress portions of the semester. The purpose of this study was to observe if exercise had any mediating effects on the decline in mental health in the university population from the beginning of the semester to the end. Methods: Participants scanned a QR code or followed a link to the first survey via flyers in Campus Recreation facilities. They were then taken to the informed consent document and after agreeing, participants filled out basic sociodemographic information, the PROMIS Anxiety short form, the PROMIS Depression short form, and the Godin-Shepherd Leisure Time Activity form. Those who filled out the first survey and consented to a follow up email received the second survey in late November with the same three validated surveys along with questions regarding Campus Recreation and more sociodemographic information. Results: Twenty-two participants completed the first survey and seven completed the follow up survey. At the first time point, there was a moderate correlation between the amount of exercise score with anxiety (Spearman's Rho=-0.5117, p<0.03) and depression scores respectively (Spearman's Rho=-0.6530, p<0.01). Correlations were not as strong at the second time point (Spearman's Rho=-0.2571, p=0.63; Spearman's Rho=-0.3947, p=0.44), though only 6 participants completed the follow-up survey. There was no significant difference between anxiety or depression scores and Group Exercise or Intramural program use versus facility users only (p=0.2765, p=0.2342). Conclusions: Overall, while the data may not be statistically significant, it is important to note that both the effects of higher levels of exercise is trending toward significantly affecting both depression and anxiety scores. Future studies with larger sample sizes have the potential to bring out a more significant relationship between exercise and anxiety and depression scores.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798379925604Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Mental health.
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Electronic books.

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