Yoon Eun Sun, So Wi-Young, Jang Seyong
Department of Sport for All, College of Educational Sciences, Korea National Open University, Seoul 03087, Republic of Korea.
Sports Medicine Major, College of Humanities and Arts, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si 27469, Republic of Korea.
Life (Basel). 2023 Oct 14;13(10):2059. doi: 10.3390/life13102059.
Perceived psychological stress and exercise are bidirectionally related, and the effects of exercise on stress relief are well documented. However, research on the influence of stress on exercise remains scarce. This study examined the association between perceived psychological stress and exercise participation among Korean adults and older adults as well as the relationship between exercise frequency and perceived stress.
Data on 3440 participants (2813 adults aged 19-64 and 627 older adults aged 65 or more) were collected from the Survey of National Physical Fitness conducted by the Korea Institute of Sport Science and the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2015. We compared the participants' health-related behaviors, including exercise, regular breakfast consumption, and smoking, according to their perceived psychological stress levels.
Those who perceived a higher level of psychological stress reported lower levels of exercise participation, regular breakfast consumption, and smoking, with the exception of older male participants. The study also found that a higher frequency of exercise participation corresponded with a lower perceived level of psychological stress ( = -0.080, < 0.001) and that engaging in physical activity even once a week yields a substantial reduction in stress levels.
In a large sample of Koreans, high levels of perceived psychological stress were significantly associated with less physical activity and infrequent weekly exercise. This study found a dose-response relationship between exercise frequency and reduced stress and suggested that psychological stress should be considered crucial in promoting physical activity.
感知到的心理压力与运动之间存在双向关联，运动对缓解压力的作用已有充分记录。然而，关于压力对运动影响的研究仍然很少。本研究调查了韩国成年人及老年人中感知到的心理压力与运动参与之间的关联，以及运动频率与感知压力之间的关系。
数据来自韩国体育科学研究所和韩国文化、体育和旅游部在2015年进行的国民体质调查，共有3440名参与者（2813名19至64岁的成年人和627名65岁及以上的老年人）。我们根据参与者感知到的心理压力水平，比较了他们与健康相关的行为，包括运动、规律吃早餐和吸烟情况。
除老年男性参与者外，那些感知到较高心理压力水平的人报告的运动参与度、规律吃早餐和吸烟水平较低。研究还发现，较高的运动参与频率与较低的感知心理压力水平相关（r = -0.080，P < 0.001），并且即使每周进行一次体育活动也能显著降低压力水平。
在大量韩国人的样本中，高水平的感知心理压力与较少的身体活动和不频繁的每周运动显著相关。本研究发现了运动频率与压力降低之间的剂量反应关系，并表明在促进身体活动方面应将心理压力视为关键因素。
