Abstract
We examined the association between parental physical activities, mental health, and resilience during the COVID 19 pandemic. Part of a wider data collection in 72 countries spanning every continent, the data used here draw on 128764 parents of children under 18. We find that depression, anxiety, and stress among physically active parents declined by about .7 standard deviations compared to physically inactive parents. We also found that higher parental physical activities was associated with higher levels of resilience. At higher levels of parental physical activities , men and women have similarly high levels of resilience. At lower levels of parental physical activities, however, women’s resilience is significantly higher than men’s. We discuss how these results fit into the growing but nascent literature on parental physical activities, mental health, and resilience during COVID-19 and discuss the implications for policy.
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Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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Parental, Physical, Activity, Mental, Health, Resilience, COVID 19
