RT Journal Article
T1 Physical activity, screen time and subjective well-being among children
A1 García Hermoso, Antonio
A1 Hormazábal Aguayo, Ignacio
A1 Fernández Vergara, Omar
A1 Olivares Sánchez-Toledo, Pedro Rufino
A1 Oriol Granado, Xavier
AB Background/Objective: The aim of the study was to explore the differences between physicalactivity and/or screen time levels on cognitive (Life satisfaction LS) and affective (Positiveaffect, PA and Negative affect NA) components of subjective well-being (SWB) in children.Method: This cross-sectional study enrolled 1,540 children (1,040 boys, 8---12 years old). LS, PA,NA, physical activity and screen time were assessed with validated questionnaires.Results: Children who reported 3 days per week of physical activity or less had lower LS andPA than counterparts with  6 days of physical activity per week (p < .05). Participants whoreported 2 hours per day or less of screen time had lower NA than counterparts with 4 hoursper day or more of screen time (p < .05). Also, children who meet physical activity guidelineshave higher LS and PA compared to inactive peers, even with high screen time. In contrast,excessive screen time was also related with NA independent of the level of physical activity.Conclusions: Our findings suggest that physical activity is related with positive feelings and LS,but does not eliminate the effect of screen time on negative feelings among Chilean children.
PB Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual (AEPC)
SN 2174-0852
YR 2020
FD 2020-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18889
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18889
LA eng
NO García Hermoso, A., Hormazábal Aguayo, I., Fernández Vergara, O., Olivares, P. R., & Oriol Granado, X. (2020). Physical activity, screen time and subjective well-being among children. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 20(2), 126–134. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.03.001
NO This study was funded by the Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación (ProyectosBasales. Grand number: 051641ZRDAS) of theUniversidad de Santiago de Chile (Chile). AGH is a Miguel Servet Fellow (Instituto de Salud Carlos III ---CP18/0150). The funder had role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, orpreparation of the manuscript.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 15 jun 2026