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- Title
Association between perceived discrimination and physical activity among adolescents.
- Authors
Martins Neto, Carlos; Cararo Confortin, Susana; Lima, Alice Bianca Santana; Nunes Mouzinho, Leandro Saldanha; Carneiro Alves de Oliveira, Bruno Luciano
- Abstract
Perceived discrimination is a major producer of stress and social trauma and can have negative effects on the physical and mental health of those exposed to it. This study aims to analyze the direct and indirect association between perceived discrimination and physical activity, mediated by common mental disorders in adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study with 2,484 adolescents (aged 18 and 19 years old) from a cohort in São Luís, Maranhão. Structural equation models were used to verify the direct effect of perceived discrimination on physical activity (PA) and its indirect effect mediated by common mental disorders (CMD). The potential of sex to act as an effect-modifying variable was also tested. Discrimination was associated with higher levels of PA in women (SC - Standardized Coefficient direct =0.105, p-value=0.005), and indirectly associated with lower PA via CMT among men (SCindirect =-0.024, p-value=0.017) and women (SCindirect =-0.024, p-value=0.015). Our findings show the association between perceived discrimination and PA in this population of adolescents, attesting that its effects can alter health behaviors and that gender can modify the relation between these variables.
- Subjects
SAO Luis do Maranhao (Brazil); PERCEIVED discrimination; PHYSICAL activity; MINORITY stress; MENTAL illness; TEENAGERS; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; HEALTH behavior
- Publication
Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 10, p4003
- ISSN
1413-8123
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1413-812320222710.05992022EN