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 - 2025/12
Y1 - 2025/12
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 - Adolescents
KW - Anxiety
KW - Depression
KW - Mental health
KW - Sports activities
KW - Young adults
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105009877517
U2 - 10.1186/s13104-025-07288-y
DO - 10.1186/s13104-025-07288-y
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 40598281
AN - SCOPUS:105009877517
SN - 1756-0500
VL - 18
JO - BMC Research Notes
JF - BMC Research Notes
IS - 1
M1 - 257
ER -