title: Relationship between low depressiveness and domain specific physical activity in women.
abstract: In this study we investigated how different domains of physical activity are associated with depressiveness among women, and how individual variables moderate this relationship. Participants were 956 women, and the data were collected by mail-out survey using the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory, and International Personality Item Pool. Lower depressiveness was related to higher leisure time physical activity and to lower occupational physical activity. Income, health problems, level of neuroticism, and extraversion had strong effects on depressiveness, and mediated the link between the leisure and occupational activities and depression.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Sport Pedagogy and Coaching Science, Faculty of Exercise and Sports Sciences, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia. merike.kull@ut.ee
authors.forename: Merike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kull
authors.forename: Mare
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ainsaar
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kiive
authors.forename: Lennart
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Raudsepp
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D004957:Estonia; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities / Q000523:psychology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D009790:Occupations; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014186:Transportation; D055815:Young Adult