Montreal: A new study led by the University of Montreal Psycho Educator Marie-Josee Harbec, has found that boys who participate in sports at an early age tend to experience symptoms of depression and anxiety in childhood.
The findings of this study were published in the ‘Journal of Developmental and Paediatrics’ behavior.
Safe! You have managed to throw your votelogin to see the results of the study also suggest that boys who experience less emotional distress in childhood are also more physically active in the early adolescence.
In this study, “We want to clarify the long-term and reciprocal relationships in school-age children between participation in sports and depression and anxiety,” said Harbec, who did work as a doctoral student supervised by Udem Psychoeducation Professor Linda Pagani.
“We also want to check whether this relationship works differently to boys and women between the ages of 5 and 12 years,” said Harbec, who was with the practice of Pagani at Chu Ste-Justine’s son Hospital.
“There is extensive evidence of the crisis lately in physical activity of childhood, and this ultimately may have implications for mental and physical health later,” Harbec added.
Harbec and Pagani examined sports habits and physical activities reported by children at the age of 5 and 12 years, also by their parents, and also saw symptoms of emotional pressure from the age of 6 to 10 years reported by teachers of children.
“We found that 5-year-old boys who have never participated in sports are more likely between the ages 6 and 10 to look unhappy and tired, having difficulty having fun, shouting a lot, and looking scared or worried,” Pagani said, “Senior writer research.
“Also, boys that showcase the level of symptoms of depression and anxiety during higher childhood and are less physically active at the age of 12 years.
For girls, on the other hand, we did not find significant changes,” added Pagani.
Collaborating with researchers at the University of McGill and children’s hospitals at the Intario Research Institute, Harbec and Pagani examined data from the cohort of Quebec children who were born in 1997 and 1998, part of Quebec Longitudinal study on the development of children committed by the Institute of De La statistics du Quebec.
The parents of 690 boys and 748 girls they saw have reported their participation last year in sports at the age of 5 and their weekly physical activity level at the age of 12; Their teacher assessed the symptoms of emotional troubles observed in schools from the age of 6 to 10 years.
Data is grouped by gender to identify significant relationships between physical activity and emotional pressure.
Many defeating factors are ruled out, Harbec said.
“Our goal is to eliminate all existing conditions of children or families who can provide different light on our results, such as child temperament, parents’ education or family income,” Harbec added.
Boys involved in sports in preschool may benefit from physical activities that help them develop live skills such as taking initiatives, involved in teamwork and practicing self-control, and building relationships that support with their peers and instructors, said para researchers, their researchers said.
“Conversely, boys who experience symptoms of depression and anxiety may be more socially isolated, and have a decreased energy level and a lower feeling of competence, which can ultimately influence the involvement of physical activity,” Pagani said.
For girls, depression, and risk of anxiety and protection factors work differently, the word harbec.
Girls are more likely than boys to seek help and express emotional pressure to family, friends or health providers, and psychological support from this social ties protect them better.
“Also, because more girls experience emotional pressure rather than boys, this gender-related risk might have caused the initial identification and intervention for girls,” and so protecting it from further damage, the word Harbec.