AEROBIC EXERCISE, BALL SPORTS, DANCING, AND WEIGHT LIFTING AS MODERATORS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS: AN EXPLORATORY CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY WITH SWISS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
AEROBIC EXERCISE, BALL SPORTS, DANCING, AND WEIGHT LIFTING AS MODERATORS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS: AN EXPLORATORY CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY WITH SWISS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
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DOI：
10.2466/06.pms.119c26z4
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发表时间：
2014-12-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Puehse, Uwe
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作者：
Gerber, Markus;Brand, Serge;Puehse, Uwe
这项探索性研究旨在对瑞士大学生的四种锻炼方式进行比较。201名医学生(136名女性，65名男性；男性=23.2岁，SD=2.4)和250名运动与健康专业学生(144名女性，106名男性；男性=22.3岁，SD=2.2)参与了这项研究。他们完成了知觉压力量表、抑郁量表和运动办公室问卷。在控制了年龄、性别和学术纪律后，使用分层回归分析来分析压力和锻炼活动之间的交互作用。在感受到压力较大的学生中，频繁参加球类运动和跳舞与抑郁症状的减少有关，而在感受到较低压力的同龄人中则不存在这种关系。有氧运动没有缓解压力的作用。举重只与感受到的压力小的学生中较低的抑郁症状有关。目前的研究结果表明，在瑞士大学生中，某些运动可能比其他运动更有可能缓和感知到的压力和抑郁症状之间的关系。未来的研究可能会分析，为满足参与者的个人需求而创建的个性化锻炼计划是否对压力管理更有利。
This exploratory study was designed to compare four types of exercise activities in Swiss university students. A sample of 201 medical students (136 women, 65 men; M age = 23.2 yr., SD = 2.4) and 250 exercise and health sciences students (144 women, 106 men; M age = 22.3 yr., SD = 2.2) participated in the study. They completed the Perceived Stress Scale, the Depression Scale, and the Office in Motion Questionnaire. Interaction effects between stress and exercise activities were analysed using hierarchical regression analyses, after controlling for age, sex, and academic discipline. Frequent participation in ball sports and dancing were associated with decreased depressive symptoms among students with elevated perceived stress, whereas no such relationship existed among their peers with lower perceived stress. No stress-moderating effect was found for aerobic exercise. Weight lifting was only associated with lower depressive symptoms among students with low perceived stress. The present findings suggest that, among Swiss university students, certain exercises may have better potential to moderate the relationship between perceived stress and depressive symptoms than others. Future research could analyze whether personalized exercise programs created to satisfy participants' individual needs are more beneficial for stress management.