eprintid: 4159
rev_number: 4
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2023-03-22 08:07:26
lastmod: 2023-03-22 08:07:26
status_changed: 2023-03-22 08:07:26
type: thesis
metadata_visibility: show
sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Weegink, Rogier
creators_id: S4121538
creators_email: r.m.weegink@student.rug.nl
title: ON CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AT OLDER AGES
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: This research concerned itself with increasing the understanding between physical activity and mental health at older ages. Using cross-sectional data from the European Social Survey’s round 7, sampling over twenty countries with respondents aged 60 and up it was found that physical activity played a significant role in indicating depressive complaints. In the multiple linear regression with CES-D8 score as the outcome variable the other main explanatory variables being socio-economic status and Body Mass Index, similar results were found. Meaning that more physical activity, higher socio-economic status and healthier BMI ranges are related to better mental health for people at older ages in a European context, their respective effects leading to the accumulation of benefits throughout the life-course. It is recommended for future research to include more factors such as environmental determinants and the use of longitudinal data to decipher patterns over a longer amount of time.
date: 2023
pages: 21
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Vogt, T.C.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Demografie
tutors_email: T.C.Vogt@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: CES-D8
keywords_local: physical activity
keywords_local: older ages
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2023-03-21
citation:   Weegink, Rogier  (2023) ON CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AT OLDER AGES.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4159/1/thes-pub.pdf