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Is there a need for mental health informed goal setting in physical activity?
Mental health and physical activity, Vol.27, 100648
10/2024
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Abstract
Goals are standard practice when promoting physical activity for mental health and wellbeing and for the management of mental health disorders. While there are benefits of setting physical activity goals, there are also known risks, side-effects, and detrimental outcomes. We illustrate how these can potentially exacerbate mental health symptoms. Given the high rates of mental health disorders worldwide, we argue that mental health informed goal setting is needed in physical activity and may be relevant to hundreds of millions of people worldwide. We present recommendations for setting mental health informed physical activity goals to minimise/avoid the risks of exacerbating mental health symptoms as well as maximising benefits for both physical and mental health.
•There is a risk that physical activity goals can exacerbate mental health symptoms.•Mental health informed physical activity goals are needed to minimise these risks.•This need potentially applies to hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide.
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- Title
- Is there a need for mental health informed goal setting in physical activity?
- Creators
- Christian Swann - Southern Cross UniversityDarren Wagner - School of Medicine and Health, University of New England, Armidale, AustraliaMelanie M. Clarke - Southern Cross UniversityScott G. Goddard - Southern Cross UniversityGrace McKeon - Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSimon Rosenbaum - UNSW SydneyStewart A. Vella - University of WollongongMegan Teychenne - Deakin University
- Publication Details
- Mental health and physical activity, Vol.27, 100648
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Grant note
- CS is supported by the Australian Research Council (DP240101163), Manna Institute, Movember, QBE, and LeapForward. DW is a Manna Institute scholarship recipient. MC is supported by the Australian Research Council (DP240101163). SG is supported by Movember. SR is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Fellowship (APP2017506). MT is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Fellowship (APP1195335).
- Identifiers
- 991013231513302368
- Academic Unit
- Human Sciences; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article