Healthier movement behavior profiles are associated with higher psychological wellbeing among emerging adults attending post-secondary education
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https://doi.org/10.51224/SRXIV.129Keywords:
sleep, physical activity, screen time, psychological distress, mental wellbeing, college, universityAbstract
Purpose: Emerging adulthood is a stressful time fraught with new challenges while attending higher education. Identifying protective factors to help reduce the psychological burden that many will experience during this period is therefore important. The objectives of this study were to identify whether emerging adults attending post-secondary education can be classified into distinct profiles based on their 24-hr movement behaviors, evaluate predictors of profile membership, and examine relationships between profile membership and indicators of mental health.
Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from Cycle 1 of the Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey. Emerging adults (N = 15,080; 67.6% female; Mean age = 20.78 ± 2.00) from 20 post-secondary institutions in Canada self-reported their movement behaviors – moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), recreational screen time (ST) and sleep – and completed the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. Latent profile analysis was employed.
Results: Five profiles were identified: low ST with very high (12.6%), high (24.4%) and low MVPA (51.2%) as well as high ST with high (2.3%) and low MVPA (9.4%). Profiles had similar sleep patterns and were thus characterized by differences in MVPA and ST. Several socio-demographic variables were associated with profile membership. Profiles characterized by healthier combinations of MVPA, ST and sleep generally reported more favorable scores for indicators of mental health.
Conclusions: Campus-based interventions should focus on getting students to engage in a healthy balance of physical activity and recreational screen use as it has the potential to reduce the mental health burden on emerging adults attending post-secondary education.
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