GHQ social dysfunction and severe depression show no group differences by exercise hours but are significantly related to physical fitness in correlation and regression¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q3
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q3 i? Social dysfunction and severe depression did not differ across exercise-hour groups, yet physical fitness was significantly related to these factors in correlation and regression analyses. → Reigal 2020

Evidence¶

Reigal 2020¶

Reigal, R. E., Hernández-Mendo, A., Juárez-Ruiz de Mier, R., and Morales-Sánchez, V. (2020). Physical Exercise and Fitness Level Are Related to Cognitive and Psychosocial Functioning in Adolescents. Front. Psychol. 11:1777. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01777

q3 · i? · associational · r1

In the 208-adolescent sample, ANOVA found no group differences on these GHQ dimensions, but the authors report that "physical fitness was shown to be significantly related to these factors" once correlation and regression analyses were performed; no effect sizes are printed for these specific relations.

"some dimensions of the GHQ, such as social dysfunction or serious depression, showed no differences between the groups divided according to hours of physical exercise per week. However, when correlation and linear regression analyses were performed, physical fitness was shown to be significantly related to these factors."

Discussion¶

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