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0138/2022 - ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS
ASSOCIAÇÃO ENTRE DISCRIMINAÇÃO PERCEBIDA E ATIVIDADE FÍSICA ENTRE ADOLESCENTES

Author:

• Carlos Martins Neto - Neto, C.M. - <carlosneto91@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6554-3087

Co-author(s):

• Susana Cararo Confortin - Confortin, S. C. - Florianópolis, - <susanaconfortin@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5159-4062
• Alice Bianca Santana Lima - Lima, A. B. S. - <alicebiancalima@hotmail.com>
• Leandro Saldanha Nunes Mouzinho - Mouzinho, L. S. - <leandro.saldanha@ufma.br>
• Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de Oliveira - Oliveira, B.L.C.A. - CURURUPU, - <oliveira.bruno@ufma.br, brunodeoliveirama@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8053-7972


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 (18 and 19 years old)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 associated with lower PA indirectly by CMT among men (SCindirect = -0.024, p- value = 0.017 and women (SCindirect = -0.024, p-value = 0.015). The findings show that in this population of adolescents there was an association between perceived discrimination and PA, demonstrating that its effects can alter health behaviors and that gender can modify the relationship between these variables.

Keywords:

Discrimination, Physical activity, Mental disorders, Adolescents

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Neto, C.M., Confortin, S. C., Lima, A. B. S., Mouzinho, L. S., Oliveira, B.L.C.A.. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2022/Jun). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/association-between-perceived-discrimination-and-physical-activity-among-adolescents/18394



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