Exercise behavior and gender-related differences in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Health Psychology Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, Foresterhill, AB25 2ZD, Scotland, UK;2. Columbia University, Psychology Dept., 219 Schermerhorn Ext, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue MC: 5501, New York, NY 10027, USA;3. University of Zurich, Department of Psychology, Applied Social and Health Psychology, Binzmuehlestrasse 14/Box 14, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland;4. Trauma, Health, and Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150, USA;5. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department in Wroclaw, 30b Ostrowskiego St, 53-238 Wroclaw, Poland;1. Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK;2. School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK;3. School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia;1. Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran;2. Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran;3. Research Center of Physiology, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran;1. Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Via San Martino della Battaglia 44, 00185 Rome, Italy;2. Department of Business and Management, LUISS Guido Carli University, Viale Romania 32, 00197, Rome, Italy;3. BIND - Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, Dept. of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy;4. University Centre of Sports Medicine, Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Science, University G. d’Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy;1. Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;2. Behavioural Epidemiology, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;3. Physical Activity, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;4. The Åstrand Laboratory of Work Physiology, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesExercise has been proposed as a potential treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, the relationship between exercise, gender, and PTSD symptoms is unknown.DesignThis study examined the cross-sectional relationship among these variables in a national sample of 165 men and women who screened positive for PTSD.MethodParticipants completed an online survey consisting of the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire and the PTSD Checklist-Civilian.ResultsActive participants had significantly lower PTSD symptoms than insufficiently active participants. Significant interactions between gender and exercise for PTSD symptoms were found, such that active men had significantly lower PTSD symptoms than active women, and insufficiently active men and women. Additionally, strenuously active men reported significantly lower hyperarousal symptoms than strenuously active women, and insufficiently active men and women.ConclusionFindings suggest that the relationship between PTSD and exercise may differ for specific sub-populations of individuals with PTSD, such as men and women. |
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| Keywords: | Physical activity Gender differences PTSD |
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