Participation in Physical Activity is Associated with Well-being in European University Students
This study’s objective was to analyse the associations between physical activity (PA) and well-being in a rep- resentative sample of European university students. This cross-sectional study was based on data from the European Social Survey round 6, 2012, comprising 3,143 European university students...
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| author | Miguel Peralta João Santos Joana Bordado Duarte Henriques-Neto João Martins Pedro Cruz Élvio Rúbio Gouveia Adilson Marques |
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| description | This study’s objective was to analyse the associations between physical activity (PA) and well-being in a rep- resentative sample of European university students. This cross-sectional study was based on data from the European Social Survey round 6, 2012, comprising 3,143 European university students (1456 men and 1687 women) from 27 countries, with a mean age of 21.3±2.9 years. Socio-demographic data, PA, health perception, and the six dimensions of well-being were self-reported. Men reported practising PA more often than women did (4.4±2.2 versus 4.1 ± 2.2, p<0.001) and had better health perception (4.2±0.7 versus 4.1 ± 0.8, p<0.001) and total well-being score (5.5±1.2 versus 5.2 ± 1.3, p<0.001). PA frequency was linearly associated with health perception (p<0.001) as well as the overall well-being score (p<0.001). There is a positive association between PA and the well-being of European university students. This emphasizes the importance of PA in the university students’ lifestyle and the need to develop programmes that reduce physical inactivity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c44bc1cf2e5a4beb809aa03f96c50f152022-12-21T18:46:14ZengMontenegrin Sports AcademyMontenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine1800-87551800-87632021-09-01102414610.26773/mjssm.210906Participation in Physical Activity is Associated with Well-being in European University StudentsMiguel Peralta0João Santos1Joana Bordado2Duarte Henriques-Neto3João Martins4Pedro Cruz5Élvio Rúbio Gouveia6Adilson Marques7University of Lisbon, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Interdisciplinary Centre for the study of human Performance, Lisboa, PortugalUniversity of Lisbon, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Lisboa, PortugalUniversity of Lisbon, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Lisboa, PortugalUniversity of Lisbon, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Interdisciplinary Centre for the study of human Performance, Lisboa, PortugalUniversity of Lisbon, Environmental Health Institute, Lisboa, PortugalUniversity of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, PortugalUniversity of Madeira, Department of Sports and Physical Education, Funchal, PortugalUniversity of Lisbon, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Interdisciplinary Centre for the study of human Performance, Lisboa, PortugalThis study’s objective was to analyse the associations between physical activity (PA) and well-being in a rep- resentative sample of European university students. This cross-sectional study was based on data from the European Social Survey round 6, 2012, comprising 3,143 European university students (1456 men and 1687 women) from 27 countries, with a mean age of 21.3±2.9 years. Socio-demographic data, PA, health perception, and the six dimensions of well-being were self-reported. Men reported practising PA more often than women did (4.4±2.2 versus 4.1 ± 2.2, p<0.001) and had better health perception (4.2±0.7 versus 4.1 ± 0.8, p<0.001) and total well-being score (5.5±1.2 versus 5.2 ± 1.3, p<0.001). PA frequency was linearly associated with health perception (p<0.001) as well as the overall well-being score (p<0.001). There is a positive association between PA and the well-being of European university students. This emphasizes the importance of PA in the university students’ lifestyle and the need to develop programmes that reduce physical inactivity.https://mjssm.me/?sekcija=article&artid=221exerciseactive lifestylehealthepidemiologyyoung adults |
| spellingShingle | Miguel Peralta João Santos Joana Bordado Duarte Henriques-Neto João Martins Pedro Cruz Élvio Rúbio Gouveia Adilson Marques Participation in Physical Activity is Associated with Well-being in European University Students Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine exercise active lifestyle health epidemiology young adults |
| title | Participation in Physical Activity is Associated with Well-being in European University Students |
| title_full | Participation in Physical Activity is Associated with Well-being in European University Students |
| title_fullStr | Participation in Physical Activity is Associated with Well-being in European University Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Participation in Physical Activity is Associated with Well-being in European University Students |
| title_short | Participation in Physical Activity is Associated with Well-being in European University Students |
| title_sort | participation in physical activity is associated with well being in european university students |
| topic | exercise active lifestyle health epidemiology young adults |
| url | https://mjssm.me/?sekcija=article&artid=221 |
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