TY - JOUR
T1 - Sports activities and mental distress in young people in deprived urban areas in South America
T2 - a cross-sectional analysis
AU - Madero, Sofia
AU - Brusco, Luis Ignacio
AU - Diez-Canseco, Francisco
AU - Gómez-Restrepo, Carlos
AU - Olivar, Natividad
AU - Flores-Kanter, Pablo Ezequiel
AU - Flores, Sumiko
AU - Vilela-Estrada, Ana L.
AU - Flórez-Varela, Ángela
AU - Uribe Pinto, M. Esteban
AU - Stanislaus Sureshkumar, Diliniya
AU - Fung, Catherine
AU - Priebe, Stefan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025/7/1
Y1 - 2025/7/1
N2 - Objective: To explore the association between sport activities and depression/anxiety symptoms among young people in disadvantaged urban areas of South America. Results: Out of a total of 2375 participants, 1131 (47.1%) had engaged in sports in the previous month. Sports activities, particularly those performed with others, were associated with lower anxiety and depression. There was a trend for this association to be stronger in male than in female participants.
AB - Objective: To explore the association between sport activities and depression/anxiety symptoms among young people in disadvantaged urban areas of South America. Results: Out of a total of 2375 participants, 1131 (47.1%) had engaged in sports in the previous month. Sports activities, particularly those performed with others, were associated with lower anxiety and depression. There was a trend for this association to be stronger in male than in female participants.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Anxiety/epidemiology
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Depression/epidemiology
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Psychological Distress
KW - South America/epidemiology
KW - Sports/psychology
KW - Urban Population/statistics & numerical data
KW - Young Adult
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105009877517
U2 - 10.1186/s13104-025-07288-y
DO - 10.1186/s13104-025-07288-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 40598281
AN - SCOPUS:105009877517
SN - 1756-0500
VL - 18
SP - 257
JO - BMC research notes
JF - BMC research notes
IS - 1
M1 - 257
ER -
