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Physical Activity among Italian Adolescents: Association with Life Satisfaction, Self-Rated Health and Peer Relationships

The aim of this study was to describe physical activity, both moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and vigorous physical activity (VPA), in a large nationally representative sample of Italian adolescents, aged 11, 13 and 15, and to evaluate if Italian adolescents were in line with the 2020...

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Autores principales: Pierannunzio, Daniela, Spinelli, Angela, Berchialla, Paola, Borraccino, Alberto, Charrier, Lorena, Dalmasso, Paola, Lazzeri, Giacomo, Vieno, Alessio, Ciardullo, Silvia, Nardone, Paola
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9032550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35457667
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084799
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author Pierannunzio, Daniela
Spinelli, Angela
Berchialla, Paola
Borraccino, Alberto
Charrier, Lorena
Dalmasso, Paola
Lazzeri, Giacomo
Vieno, Alessio
Ciardullo, Silvia
Nardone, Paola
author_facet Pierannunzio, Daniela
Spinelli, Angela
Berchialla, Paola
Borraccino, Alberto
Charrier, Lorena
Dalmasso, Paola
Lazzeri, Giacomo
Vieno, Alessio
Ciardullo, Silvia
Nardone, Paola
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description The aim of this study was to describe physical activity, both moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and vigorous physical activity (VPA), in a large nationally representative sample of Italian adolescents, aged 11, 13 and 15, and to evaluate if Italian adolescents were in line with the 2020 WHO recommendations. In order to assess the possible impact of physical activity on adolescent psychological and social wellbeing, the associations between MVPA and VPA with life satisfaction, self-rated health and peer relationships were also explored. Data from the 2018 Italian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey on 58,976 adolescents were analysed. Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the association between physical activity and self-rated health, life satisfaction and peer relationships. The association of the Family Affluence Scale with self-rated health, life satisfaction and peer relationships was also studied. The results showed that the majority of Italian adolescents did not meet current physical activity WHO guidelines on MPVA. The prevalence of adolescents claiming to be involved “at least four or more times per week” in VPA was 29%. Overall, our findings highlighted a positive association between MVPA and VPA and life satisfaction, self-rated health and peer support. Data from this study underlined the need to encourage physical activity, especially among older adolescents and girls, who claimed lower levels of MPVA and VPA.
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spelling pubmed-90325502022-04-23 Physical Activity among Italian Adolescents: Association with Life Satisfaction, Self-Rated Health and Peer Relationships Pierannunzio, Daniela Spinelli, Angela Berchialla, Paola Borraccino, Alberto Charrier, Lorena Dalmasso, Paola Lazzeri, Giacomo Vieno, Alessio Ciardullo, Silvia Nardone, Paola Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this study was to describe physical activity, both moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and vigorous physical activity (VPA), in a large nationally representative sample of Italian adolescents, aged 11, 13 and 15, and to evaluate if Italian adolescents were in line with the 2020 WHO recommendations. In order to assess the possible impact of physical activity on adolescent psychological and social wellbeing, the associations between MVPA and VPA with life satisfaction, self-rated health and peer relationships were also explored. Data from the 2018 Italian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey on 58,976 adolescents were analysed. Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the association between physical activity and self-rated health, life satisfaction and peer relationships. The association of the Family Affluence Scale with self-rated health, life satisfaction and peer relationships was also studied. The results showed that the majority of Italian adolescents did not meet current physical activity WHO guidelines on MPVA. The prevalence of adolescents claiming to be involved “at least four or more times per week” in VPA was 29%. Overall, our findings highlighted a positive association between MVPA and VPA and life satisfaction, self-rated health and peer support. Data from this study underlined the need to encourage physical activity, especially among older adolescents and girls, who claimed lower levels of MPVA and VPA. MDPI 2022-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9032550/ /pubmed/35457667 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084799 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Pierannunzio, Daniela
Spinelli, Angela
Berchialla, Paola
Borraccino, Alberto
Charrier, Lorena
Dalmasso, Paola
Lazzeri, Giacomo
Vieno, Alessio
Ciardullo, Silvia
Nardone, Paola
Physical Activity among Italian Adolescents: Association with Life Satisfaction, Self-Rated Health and Peer Relationships
title Physical Activity among Italian Adolescents: Association with Life Satisfaction, Self-Rated Health and Peer Relationships
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title_fullStr Physical Activity among Italian Adolescents: Association with Life Satisfaction, Self-Rated Health and Peer Relationships
title_full_unstemmed Physical Activity among Italian Adolescents: Association with Life Satisfaction, Self-Rated Health and Peer Relationships
title_short Physical Activity among Italian Adolescents: Association with Life Satisfaction, Self-Rated Health and Peer Relationships
title_sort physical activity among italian adolescents: association with life satisfaction, self-rated health and peer relationships
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9032550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35457667
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084799
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