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Weekly sport practice and adolescent well-being.

Arnaud Merglen¹, Aline Flatz, Richard E Bélanger

¹Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, , Lausanne, Switzerland.

Archives of Disease in Childhood

|November 22, 2013

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Adolescent well-being is linked to sport duration. Too little or too much weekly exercise increases poor well-being risk, while approximately 14 hours of sport shows the best results.

Keywords:

adolescent mental health overtraining sport well-being

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Area of Science:

Adolescent health
Sports science
Psychology

Background:

Sport participation is encouraged for health benefits.
Evidence supporting optimal sport duration for adolescent well-being is limited.
Understanding the relationship between sport and well-being is crucial for public health guidelines.

Purpose of the Study:

To determine the weekly sport durations associated with poor well-being in adolescents.
To investigate the dose-response relationship between physical activity and mental health in young people.

Main Methods:

A web-based survey was administered to 1245 adolescents (aged 16-20) in Switzerland.
Weekly sport practice was categorized into low, average, high, and very high durations.
Well-being was assessed using the WHO-5 Well-Being Index.

Main Results:

Adolescents practicing very high (over 17.5 hours) or low (0-3.5 hours) amounts of sport had a higher risk of poor well-being compared to the average group (around 7 hours).
Adolescents in the high sport group (around 14 hours) showed a significantly lower risk of poor well-being.
An inverted U-shaped relationship was observed between weekly sport duration and adolescent well-being.

Conclusions:

The optimal weekly sport duration for adolescent well-being appears to be around 14 hours, exceeding the commonly recommended 7 hours.
Both insufficient and excessive sport practice durations are associated with increased risks of poor well-being in adolescents.
These findings suggest a need to refine recommendations for adolescent physical activity to maximize mental health benefits.