Outdoor physical activity, mental health, life satisfaction, happiness and life stress among Canadian adolescents
Independent of indoor physical activity and other covariates, OPA was associated with positive mental health, high life satisfaction and high happiness, with levels of OPA of ≥ 14 hours/week (highest category) showing the strongest associations. Further studies are needed to elucidate the mechanisms linking OPA with higher life satisfaction and happiness.
Authors
- Mark Stephen Tremblay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8307-3568)
- Louise de Lannoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3204-1427)
- Jean‐Philippe Chaput (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5607-5736)
- Justin J. Lang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1768-319X)
- Stéphanie A. Prince (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6729-5649)
- Gary S. Goldfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6216-7824)
- Taylor Bradbury
Institutions
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of South Australia (AU)
- Public Health Agency of Canada (CA)
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CA)
- Carleton University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.45.7/8.02
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Outdoor and Experiential Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.44