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Can Physical Exercise Help Deal With the COVID-19 Stressors? Comparing Somatic and Psychological Responses
This research aims to explore whether physical exercise can buffer the impact of the COVID-19 stressors. Based on the cross-stressor adaptation hypothesis, we proposed a moderated mediation model relating the COVID-19 stressors to sleep disorder via somatic and worry complaints, depending on the amo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9326507/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.883801 |
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author | Qian, Junwei Tong, Jiajin Xu, Ruiheng |
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description | This research aims to explore whether physical exercise can buffer the impact of the COVID-19 stressors. Based on the cross-stressor adaptation hypothesis, we proposed a moderated mediation model relating the COVID-19 stressors to sleep disorder via somatic and worry complaints, depending on the amount of physical exercise. A sample of working adults in Beijing (N = 207) filled surveys in two waves during the COVID-19 pandemic. Structural regression analysis showed that physical exercise moderates the impact of the COVID-19 stressors on sleep disorder via somatic complaints (index = −0.11, 95% CI [−0.22, −0.01]), rather than psychological worry complaints (index = −0.01, 95% CI [−0.07, 0.04]). Specifically, the COVID-19 stressors increase somatic complaints for people with a low amount of physical exercise (b = 0.17, p = 0.01]), while the COVID-19 stressors are not significantly related to somatic complaints for people with a high amount of physical exercise (b = −0.06, p = 0.33). This research extends the cross-stressor adaptation hypothesis and provides evidence on an individual intervention of physical exercise to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-93265072022-07-28 Can Physical Exercise Help Deal With the COVID-19 Stressors? Comparing Somatic and Psychological Responses Qian, Junwei Tong, Jiajin Xu, Ruiheng Front Psychol Psychology This research aims to explore whether physical exercise can buffer the impact of the COVID-19 stressors. Based on the cross-stressor adaptation hypothesis, we proposed a moderated mediation model relating the COVID-19 stressors to sleep disorder via somatic and worry complaints, depending on the amount of physical exercise. A sample of working adults in Beijing (N = 207) filled surveys in two waves during the COVID-19 pandemic. Structural regression analysis showed that physical exercise moderates the impact of the COVID-19 stressors on sleep disorder via somatic complaints (index = −0.11, 95% CI [−0.22, −0.01]), rather than psychological worry complaints (index = −0.01, 95% CI [−0.07, 0.04]). Specifically, the COVID-19 stressors increase somatic complaints for people with a low amount of physical exercise (b = 0.17, p = 0.01]), while the COVID-19 stressors are not significantly related to somatic complaints for people with a high amount of physical exercise (b = −0.06, p = 0.33). This research extends the cross-stressor adaptation hypothesis and provides evidence on an individual intervention of physical exercise to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9326507/ /pubmed/35911012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.883801 Text en Copyright © 2022 Qian, Tong and Xu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Qian, Junwei Tong, Jiajin Xu, Ruiheng Can Physical Exercise Help Deal With the COVID-19 Stressors? Comparing Somatic and Psychological Responses |
title | Can Physical Exercise Help Deal With the COVID-19 Stressors? Comparing Somatic and Psychological Responses |
title_full | Can Physical Exercise Help Deal With the COVID-19 Stressors? Comparing Somatic and Psychological Responses |
title_fullStr | Can Physical Exercise Help Deal With the COVID-19 Stressors? Comparing Somatic and Psychological Responses |
title_full_unstemmed | Can Physical Exercise Help Deal With the COVID-19 Stressors? Comparing Somatic and Psychological Responses |
title_short | Can Physical Exercise Help Deal With the COVID-19 Stressors? Comparing Somatic and Psychological Responses |
title_sort | can physical exercise help deal with the covid-19 stressors? comparing somatic and psychological responses |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9326507/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.883801 |
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