TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived stress and health complaints
T2 - An examination of the moderating roles of personality and physical activity
AU - Lochbaum, Marc R.
AU - Lutz, Rafer S.
AU - Sell, Susan
AU - Ready, Ashley
AU - Carson, Tyler
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - 275 undergraduate university students were asked to complete a battery concerning their health complaints, perceived stress, strenuous physical activity, and personality ("Big Five" traits). An hierarchical regression showed that Stress and Strenuous Physical Activity Participation, but not Personality, predicted the Number of Health Complaints in this sample. Also, there was a significant interaction for Stress by Strenuous Activity indicating individuals who did not frequently engage in strenuous leisure-time physical activity reported more health complaints than those who did. This finding corroborates the notion that physical activity (or fitness) may serve to attenuate the relation between stress and health complaints.
AB - 275 undergraduate university students were asked to complete a battery concerning their health complaints, perceived stress, strenuous physical activity, and personality ("Big Five" traits). An hierarchical regression showed that Stress and Strenuous Physical Activity Participation, but not Personality, predicted the Number of Health Complaints in this sample. Also, there was a significant interaction for Stress by Strenuous Activity indicating individuals who did not frequently engage in strenuous leisure-time physical activity reported more health complaints than those who did. This finding corroborates the notion that physical activity (or fitness) may serve to attenuate the relation between stress and health complaints.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=12944258597&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2466/pms.99.3.909-912
DO - 10.2466/pms.99.3.909-912
M3 - Article
C2 - 15648487
AN - SCOPUS:12944258597
SN - 0031-5125
VL - 99
SP - 909
EP - 912
JO - Perceptual and Motor Skills
JF - Perceptual and Motor Skills
IS - 3 I
ER -