Association between physical activity duration and depressive symptoms in adolescents: a longitudinal study in a rural city in japan

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• What: Using longitudinal data this study examined the association between changes in physical activity duration and depressive symptoms in 1225 adolescents without depressive symptoms at baseline (51.2% female) from a rural city in Japan. Given the numerous factors that influence depressive symptoms in adolescents and the complex nature of their associations, providing a structural explanation for the observed lower depressive tendencies among participants in this study compared with the general Japanese adolescent population is challenging. In the current study, data indicating depressive tendencies at 11 y were excluded; hence, the impact of this variable has not . . .
  

   

  

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