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CONDE SCHNAIDER, Ekaterina del; LOPEZ-SANCHEZ, Cinthya Vanessa  y  VELASCO MATUS, Pedro Wolfgang. Relationship between Physical Activity and Mental Health Indicators. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2022, vol.12, n.2, pp.106-119.  Epub 21-Abr-2023. ISSN 2007-4719.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fpsi.20074719e.2022.2.452.

Introduction: The scientific and technological advances of the last century have promoted inactive and harmful lifestyles for human health, resulting in both physical and mental repercussions that have ended up being accentuated during the confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering physical activity as any body movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure, its possible relationship with stress and anxiety factors was investigated, as well as its influence on the self-concept and self-esteem, depending on the hours invested in physical activity (considering from sedentary levels to physical exercise). Objective: To identify the relationship between physical activity and mental health variables (stress, anxiety, self-concept, and self-esteem) in young Mexican adults. Method: A non-probabilistic sample of 273 volunteers was used, between the ages of 18 and 25, who answered the Perceived Stress Scale, the Trait-State Anxiety Inventory, the Self-Esteem Scale and the List of Adjectives for the Evaluation of Self-concept in Adolescents and Adults. Results: A correlation analysis between stress and anxiety was carried out, where both variables showed significance in positive self-esteem, physical self-concept and emotional self-concept. The analysis of variance showed statistically significant differences in the variables of stress, self-concept and total self-esteem when compared to some of the groups. Sedentary youths reported the highest levels of stress, while those who were more physically active reported higher anxiety. The group that performs 4 to 5 hours of weekly exercise presented the highest levels of self-concept and self-esteem. Discussion: Anxiety maintains a variable relationship depending on the hours dedicated to physical exercise, while stress is related to the feeling of capacity that the person has of himself. Self-concept and self-esteem are positively affected by the presence of physical activity due to an increase in the perception of well-being, control and emotional health.

Palabras llave : Sedentarism; Stress; Anxiety; Self-concept; Self-esteem.

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