The effect of physical activity on stress in university students, faculty, and staff and how the COVID-19 pandemic affected these variables

Authors

Zachary Parisi, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

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Description

INTRODUCTION
• Physical activity has been shown in both college aged and broader aged sample sizes as providing health benefits in different areas from mental functioning to increasing VO2 max.
• Changes in DASS-21 made it difficult to have a large enough sample size
• Students who meet the recommendations for vigorous physical activity were less likely to report poor mental health and perceived stress when compared to other students who did not meet those recommendations.
• Within 10 days of COVID-19 being declared a pandemic, there was a 5.5% decrease in mean steps, and within 30 days there was a 27.3% decrease in mean steps.

OBJECTIVES
• Examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected physical activity, sleep and mental health in university students, faculty and staff and to examine the relationship between these variables.

Publication Date

2021

Publisher

College of Education and Health Professions Honors Program

City

Fayetteville

Keywords

Research-Based

Disciplines

Exercise Science | Medicine and Health Sciences | Mental and Social Health

Comments

Advisors:

Mike Daniels, Ph.D.
Robert Elbin, Ph.D.

Citation

Parisi, Z. (2021). The effect of physical activity on stress in university students, faculty, and staff and how the COVID-19 pandemic affected these variables. 2021 Honors Symposium. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/coesym21/13