Ånensen Rebecca Dyer, Krüger Viggo, Hazell William, Sandal Gro Mjeldheim, Fadnes Lars Thore
Section for Analyses, Department of Business Development, Culture and Sports in the City of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
BMC Public Health. 2025 May 31;25(1):2020. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22942-7.
This study aims to assess the relationship between engaging in recreational activities before the pandemic and levels of psychological distress during the pandemic.
Data from a cohort study (n = 16,212) collected at three time points (April 2020, January 2021, and May 2022) in Bergen, Norway, were analysed via a linear mixed model. Associations between psychological distress and five dimensions of recreational activities were assessed, both at baseline and over time.
Regular physical activity before the pandemic was linked to lower psychological distress at baseline, whereas for cultural audience participation, this relationship was inverted. Over time, regular cultural audience participation before the pandemic was associated with a slight reduction in psychological distress. No clear baseline associations or significant changes over time were found for cultural practitioner, social networking, or volunteering/religious activities.
These findings suggest that there are links between recreational activities and psychological distress during a crisis, with cultural audience participation possibly reducing distress over time.
本研究旨在评估疫情前参与休闲活动与疫情期间心理困扰水平之间的关系。
通过线性混合模型分析了在挪威卑尔根三个时间点(2020年4月、2021年1月和2022年5月)收集的队列研究(n = 16,212)数据。在基线和随时间推移的过程中,评估了心理困扰与休闲活动五个维度之间的关联。
疫情前经常进行体育活动与基线时较低的心理困扰相关,而对于文化受众参与,这种关系则相反。随着时间的推移,疫情前经常参与文化受众活动与心理困扰略有减轻相关。对于文化从业者、社交网络或志愿/宗教活动,未发现明显的基线关联或随时间的显著变化。
这些发现表明,危机期间休闲活动与心理困扰之间存在联系,随着时间的推移,文化受众参与可能会减轻困扰。