TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between loneliness, physical activity, and participation in physical education among adolescents in Amazonas, Brazil
AU - Pinto, André de Araújo
AU - Oppong Asante, Kwaku
AU - Puga Barbosa, Rita Maria dos Santos
AU - Nahas, Markus Vinicius
AU - Dias, Duana Torquato
AU - Pelegrini, Andreia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - Loneliness is an individual and social problem associated with an unhealthy lifestyle among adolescents. We examined the association between loneliness, physical activity, and participation in physical education lessons among school-going adolescents. Participants included 2517 adolescents aged 14–19 years selected from state public high schools in Amazonas, Brazil. Participants answered a questionnaire containing demographic information, physical activity, and participation in physical education lessons and loneliness. Our results showed that physically inactive adolescents and those who did not participate in physical education lessons were more likely to feel lonely. These findings underscore the need to target physically inactive adolescents and those non-engaged in physical education lessons when developing interventions to address loneliness.
AB - Loneliness is an individual and social problem associated with an unhealthy lifestyle among adolescents. We examined the association between loneliness, physical activity, and participation in physical education lessons among school-going adolescents. Participants included 2517 adolescents aged 14–19 years selected from state public high schools in Amazonas, Brazil. Participants answered a questionnaire containing demographic information, physical activity, and participation in physical education lessons and loneliness. Our results showed that physically inactive adolescents and those who did not participate in physical education lessons were more likely to feel lonely. These findings underscore the need to target physically inactive adolescents and those non-engaged in physical education lessons when developing interventions to address loneliness.
KW - adolescence
KW - exercise
KW - health risk
KW - loneliness
KW - social health
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U2 - 10.1177/1359105319833741
DO - 10.1177/1359105319833741
M3 - Article
C2 - 30841751
AN - SCOPUS:85062734418
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 26
SP - 650
EP - 658
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
IS - 5
ER -