MILLENNIALS - MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
MILLENNIALS - MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Summary/Abstract: This study investigates the correlation between mental health and physical activity for the millennial generation from Romania, people born between 1981 and 1996. The data relating to the level of anxiety, depression and stress was collected using the DASS-21R scale and the data regarding the physical activity with the help of the IPAQ-SF questionnaire. This paper contributes to a better understanding on how physical activity impacts mental health. The findings reveal that there is no significant statistic difference between the level of depression or anxiety in men and women, Sig. = 0.058, Sig. 2 = 0.21 and Sig. = 0.202, Sig. 2 = 0.462. Millennials that carry on vigorous physical activity in less than 3 days per week have a significant negative correlation with the presence of depression, r=-0.227, p=0.05, people that have anxiety above normal have a significant strong negative correlation with the number of days in which they carry on vigorous physical activities, r=-0.57, p=0.013 and between the stress level and physical activity level there is no significant negative correlation r=-0.075, p=0.452. This research brings new and valuable information regarding mental health and physical activity, findings that can be used by the academic community, researchers, and other interested parties.

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