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    Relationships between Health Promoting Activities, Life Satisfaction, and Depressive Symptoms in Unemployed Individuals

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    Authors
    Chatzisarantis, Nikos
    Kamarova, Sviatlana
    Twomey, Chris
    Hansen, G.
    Harris, Mark
    Windus, J.
    Bateson, A.
    Hagger, Martin
    Date
    2021
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Chatzisarantis, N.L.D. and Kamarova, S. and Twomey, C. and Hansen, G. and Harris, M. and Windus, J. and Bateson, A. et al. 2021. Relationships between Health Promoting Activities, Life Satisfaction, and Depressive Symptoms in Unemployed Individuals. European Journal of Health Psychology. 28 (1).
    Source Title
    European Journal of Health Psychology
    DOI
    10.1027/2512-8442/a000058
    ISSN
    2512-8442
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    School of Psychology
    Curtin School of Population Health
    School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
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    This version of the article may not completely replicate the final authoritative version published in European Journal of Health Psychology at 10.1027/2512-8442/a000058. It is not the version of record and is therefore not suitable for citation. Please do not copy or cite without the permission of the author(s).

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86469
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Background: Previous research has documented that unemployed individuals who engage in recreational activities, either alone or with others, experience higher levels of mental health and psychological well-being relative to those who do not engage in recreational activities. Aims: In this study, we examined whether engagement in health promoting activities, alone or with other family members, is associated with reduced levels of depression and enhanced levels of life satisfaction in unemployed individuals.

    Method: We employed a cross-sectional design in which we measured life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, consumption of healthy meals and engagement in physical activities in 203 unemployed individuals (male = 90, female = 113, age= 33.79, SD = 11.16).

    Results: Independent of age, gender, and partner employment status, hierarchical regression analyses revealed statistically significant effects for social forms of healthy eating (consumption of healthy meals with others) and solitary forms of physical activity (exercising alone) on depressive symptoms and life satisfaction.

    Limitations: The research design was cross-sectional using self-report questionnaires. The present study does not to explain why and how health promoting activities enhance well-being outcomes among the unemployed.

    Conclusions: These findings highlight the importance of measuring engagement in health promoting activities through separate constructs that capture engagement in social and solitary health promoting activities and suggest that unemployed individuals are likely to experience optimal levels of psychological well-being if they exercise alone and consume healthy meals with other family members.

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