Journal article
Examining the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on exercise behavior and perceived academic stress among US college students
Journal of American college health, Vol.72(6), pp.1850-1856
08/2024
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2094202
PMID: 35816754
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to capture the impact of COVID-19 on exercise behavior in U.S. college students. Exercise behaviors and perceived academic stress were examined from pre-COVID-19 (January-March 2020) and early-COVID-19 (April-July 2020) to continued-COVID-19 times (August-October 2020). Participants: One hundred and thirty-two participants completed the online questionnaires retrospectively. Methods: Two-way analyses of variance were used to examine exercise behaviors and academic stress perception over time between genders. Results: Participants spent much time in sedentary behavior and an increase in academic stress was evident in learning during the early-COVID-19 period. The time spent in sedentary behavior was reduced, but the stress involving coursework remained during the continued-COVID period. The impact of the COVID pandemic was observed to be universal across sex groups. Conclusions: Universities should consider how to support physical and mental health during lockdown and extended closure due to a pandemic.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Examining the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on exercise behavior and perceived academic stress among US college students
- Creators
- C-C (JJ) Chen - Mississippi State UniversityS. Lim - Mississippi State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of American college health, Vol.72(6), pp.1850-1856
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/07448481.2022.2094202
- PMID
- 35816754
- ISSN
- 0744-8481
- eISSN
- 1940-3208
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2024
- Academic Unit
- Health and Human Physiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984771644502771
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