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The association between adolescent psychopathology and subsequent physical activity in young adulthood: a 21-year birth cohort study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2017

S. Suetani ,
A. Mamun ,
G. M. Williams ,
J. M. Najman ,
J. J. McGrath  and
J. G. Scott
S. Suetani*
Affiliation:
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, Australia Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services, Brisbane, Australia
A. Mamun
Affiliation:
Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Indooroopilly, Australia
G. M. Williams
Affiliation:
School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
J. M. Najman
Affiliation:
School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia School of Social Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
J. J. McGrath
Affiliation:
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, Australia Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
J. G. Scott
Affiliation:
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, Australia University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia Metro North Mental Health, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Australia
*
*Address for correspondence: Dr S. Suetani, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, Queensland 4076, Australia. (Email: [email protected])
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Abstract

Background

The beneficial effects of physical activity (PA) for both physical and mental wellbeing are well established. Given that adolescence presents a critical developmental period during which life-long patterns of PA become established, the exploration of the longitudinal impact of adolescent psychopathology on adult PA status is of interest.

Methods

We analysed prospective data from 3663 young adults who participated in the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy. Psychopathology was measured using the Youth Self-Report (YSR) at age 14. Participants’ engagement in three types of PA (vigorous exercise, moderate exercise and walking) at age 21 were dichotomised into either ‘none’ or ‘any’. For our main analysis, we examined the association between the YSR score and subsequent PA engagement using logistic regression. We also conducted sensitivity analyses of longitudinal associations between the YSR internalising and externalising symptoms score at age 14 and PA engagement at age 21.

Results

We found no longitudinal association between the total YSR score at age 14 and PA engagement at age 21. In addition, there was no longitudinal association between the YSR internalising or externalising symptoms and PA engagement.

Conclusion

Our findings suggest that there is no longitudinal association between adolescent psychopathology and PA in young adulthood.

Keywords

Longitudinal studyphysical activitypsychopathology.
Type
Original Articles
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , January 2018 , pp. 269 - 278
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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