title: [Influence of active commuting on happiness, well-being, psychological distress and body shape in adolescents].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse the association between active commuting to secondary school and indicators of psychological health in a sample of 1012 adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Active commuting was assessed through a questionnaire, subjective happiness with the Subjective Happiness Scale, well-being and psychological distress with the General Well-Being Scale, and body shape was assessed using the short version of the Body Shape Questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adolescents who spent more than 15 minutes per day actively commuting to secondary school had higher levels of subjective happiness (p=0.032) and psychological well-being (p=0.021) and lower levels of psychological distress (p=0.021) than adolescents who spent 15 minutes or less per day. There were no differences in body shape between less and more active adolescents (p >0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Active commuting to secondary school for more of 15 minutes per day is recommended because it is associated with higher levels of happiness and well-being in adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación HUM-943: Actividad Física Aplicada a la Educación y Salud, Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión Musical, Plástica y Corporal, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, España. Electronic address: alberto_ruyz@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Ariza
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación HUM-642: Psicología comparada: aprendizaje, atención y memoria, Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, España.
authors.forename: Manuel J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: de la Torre-Cruz
authors.affiliation: Hospital San Agustín, Linares, Jaén, España.
authors.forename: María T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Redecillas-Peiró
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación HUM-943: Actividad Física Aplicada a la Educación y Salud, Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión Musical, Plástica y Corporal, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, España.
authors.forename: Emilio J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Martínez-López
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001642:Bicycling; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D013030:Spain; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014186:Transportation / Q000379:methods; D016138:Walking
keywords: Actividad motora; Adolescent; Adolescente; Health; Motor activity; Psicología; Psychology; Salud; Transportation; Transporte