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"Don't crack under pressure!"--Do leisure time physical activity and self-esteem moderate the relationship between school-based stress and psychosomatic complaints?

scientific article published on 28 August 2008

"Sleep well, our tough heroes!"--in adolescence, greater mental toughness is related to better sleep schedules

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'Bright side' and 'dark side' hypomania are associated with differences in psychological functioning, sleep and physical activity in a non-clinical sample of young adults

scientific article published on 11 January 2011

A pilot randomized trial of exercise as adjunct therapy in a heroin-assisted treatment setting

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A school-based physical activity program to improve health and fitness in children aged 6-13 years ("Kinder-Sportstudie KISS"): study design of a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN15360785].

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Acute Bouts of Exercising Improved Mood, Rumination and Social Interaction in Inpatients With Mental Disorders.

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Acute effects of moderate aerobic exercise on specific aspects of executive function in different age and fitness groups: A meta-analysis

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Adolescents with greater mental toughness show higher sleep efficiency, more deep sleep and fewer awakenings after sleep onset

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Adolescents with high mental toughness adapt better to perceived stress: A longitudinal study with Swiss vocational students

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Adolescents' exercise and physical activity are associated with mental toughness

article by Markus Gerber et al published June 2012 in Mental Health and Physical Activity

Aerobic exercise training and burnout: a pilot study with male participants suffering from burnout

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Aerobic exercise, ball sports, dancing, and weight lifting as moderators of the relationship between stress and depressive symptoms: an exploratory cross-sectional study with swiss university students

scientific article published on December 2014

Anaerobic Exercise Training in the Therapy of Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review

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Are adolescents with high mental toughness levels more resilient against stress?

scientific article published on 3 September 2012

Association between gastrointestinal tract infections and glycated hemoglobin in school children of poor neighborhoods in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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Association between physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and clustered cardiovascular risk in South African children from disadvantaged communities: results from a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Both hair cortisol levels and perceived stress predict increased symptoms of depression: an exploratory study in young adults

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Concerns regarding hair cortisol as a biomarker of chronic stress in exercise and sport science

scientific article published on December 2012

Cortisol Impacted on Explicit Learning Encoding, but Not on Storage and Retrieval, and Was Not Associated With Sleep Patterns-Results From the Trier Social Stress Test for Children (TSST-C) Among 9-Years Old Children

scholarly article by Serge Brand et al published 2018 in Frontiers in Psychology

Daily morning running for 3 weeks improved sleep and psychological functioning in healthy adolescents compared with controls

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Depression, hypomania, and dysfunctional sleep-related cognitions as mediators between stress and insomnia: The best advice is not always found on the pillow!

scholarly article by Serge Brand et al published May 2010 in International Journal of Stress Management

Disease, activity and schoolchildren's health (DASH) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa: a study protocol

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Does Physical Fitness Buffer the Relationship between Psychosocial Stress, Retinal Vessel Diameters, and Blood Pressure among Primary Schoolchildren?

scientific article published on 04 October 2016

Does being an Olympic city help improve recreational resources? Examining the quality of physical activity resources in a low-income neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro

scientific article published on 11 May 2016

Dream recall and its relationship to sleep, perceived stress, and creativity among adolescents

scientific article published on 28 May 2011

During early and mid-adolescence, greater mental toughness is related to increased sleep quality and quality of life

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During early to mid adolescence, moderate to vigorous physical activity is associated with restoring sleep, psychological functioning, mental toughness and male gender

scientific article published on April 2016

Effect of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections on physical fitness of school children in Côte d'Ivoire

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Effects of Aerobic Exercise as Add-On Treatment for Inpatients With Moderate to Severe Depression on Depression Severity, Sleep, Cognition, Psychological Well-Being, and Biomarkers: Study Protocol, Description of Study Population, and Manipulation Ch

Effects of Quiet Mind Training on Alpha Power Suppression and Fine Motor Skill Acquisition

Effects of a School-Based Health Intervention Program in Marginalized Communities of Port Elizabeth, South Africa (the KaziBantu Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 11 July 2019

Effects of a school-based physical activity program on physical and psychosocial quality of life in elementary school children: a cluster-randomized trial

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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and aerobic exercise training (AET) increased plasma BDNF and ameliorated depressive symptoms in patients suffering from major depressive disorder

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Electroconvulsive therapy and aerobic exercise training increased BDNF and ameliorated depressive symptoms in patients suffering from treatment-resistant major depressive disorder

scientific article published on 5 July 2014

Elite sport is not an additional source of distress for adolescents with high stress levels

scientific article published in April 2011

Executive function performance is reduced during occupational burnout but can recover to the level of healthy controls

scientific article published on 23 August 2013

Exercise is medicine for patients with major depressive disorders: but only if the "pill" is taken!

scientific article published on 05 August 2016

Exercising, sleep-EEG patterns, and psychological functioning are related among adolescents

scientific article published in March 2010

Fitness and exercise as correlates of sleep complaints: is it all in our minds?

scientific article published in May 2010

Fitness, Stress, and Body Composition in Primary Schoolchildren

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Further Evidence of the Zero-Association Between Symptoms of Insomnia and Facial Emotion Recognition-Results From a Sample of Adults in Their Late 30s

scholarly article by Serge Brand et al published 2018 in Frontiers in Psychiatry

High exercise levels are related to favorable sleep patterns and psychological functioning in adolescents: a comparison of athletes and controls

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High self-perceived exercise exertion before bedtime is associated with greater objectively assessed sleep efficiency

scientific article published on 16 June 2014

Impact of aerobic exercise on sleep and motor skills in children with autism spectrum disorders - a pilot study

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In 6- to 8-year-old children, cardiorespiratory fitness moderates the relationship between severity of life events and health-related quality of life

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In 6- to 8-year-old children, hair cortisol is associated with body mass index and somatic complaints, but not with stress, health-related quality of life, blood pressure, retinal vessel diameters, and cardiorespiratory fitness

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In Individuals Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, Hair Cortisol Concentrations Are Higher and More Strongly Associated with Psychological Functioning and Sleep Complaints than in Healthy Controls

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Increased objectively assessed vigorous-intensity exercise is associated with reduced stress, increased mental health and good objective and subjective sleep in young adults

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Increased self-reported and objectively assessed physical activity predict sleep quality among adolescents

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Injury Prevention in Amateur Soccer: A Nation-Wide Study on Implementation and Associations with Injury Incidence

scientific article published on 07 May 2019

Intestinal parasites, growth and physical fitness of schoolchildren in poor neighbourhoods of Port Elizabeth, South Africa: a cross-sectional survey

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Longitudinal relationships between perceived stress, exercise self-regulation and exercise involvement among physically active adolescents

scientific article published on 6 August 2014

Low efficacy of albendazole against Trichuris trichiura infection in schoolchildren from Port Elizabeth, South Africa

scientific article published on 29 December 2016

Low vigorous physical activity is associated with increased adrenocortical reactivity to psychosocial stress in students with high stress perceptions

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Mental toughness, sleep disturbances, and physical activity in patients with multiple sclerosis compared to healthy adolescents and young adults

scientific article published on 27 June 2016

Multiple Sclerosis: Associations Between Physical Disability and Depression Are Not Mediated by Self-Reported Physical Activity

scientific article published in January 2017

Objectively assessed physical activity is associated with increased hair cortisol content in young adults

scientific article published on 6 August 2013

PCR-based verification of positive rapid diagnostic tests for intestinal protozoa infections with variable test band intensity

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Perceived fitness protects against stress-based mental health impairments among police officers who report good sleep

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Perceived parenting styles differ between genders but not between elite athletes and controls

scientific article published on 28 January 2011

Perfectionism related to self-reported insomnia severity, but not when controlled for stress and emotion regulation

scientific article published on 3 February 2015

Physical activity and self-esteem: testing direct and indirect relationships associated with psychological and physical mechanisms

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Physical activity levels of economically disadvantaged women living in the Olympic city of Rio de Janeiro

scientific article published on 23 October 2015

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Review article: do exercise and fitness protect against stress-induced health complaints? A review of the literature

scientific article published on 14 October 2009

Shrinking risk profiles after deworming of children in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with special reference to Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Sleep Quality, Sleep EEG Pattern, Mental Well-Being and Cortisol Secretion in Patients with Ruptured Aneurysm Post-Treatment: A Comparison with Post-Surgery Meningioma Patients and Controls

scientific article published on 12 April 2016

Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating moderators of long-term effects of exercise on cognition in healthy individuals

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL TOUGHNESS, STRESS, AND BURNOUT AMONG ADOLESCENTS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY WITH SWISS VOCATIONAL STUDENTS (.).

scientific article published on December 2015

Teaching Stress Management in Physical Education: A Quasi-Experimental Study with Vocational Students

The current state of physical activity and exercise programs in German-speaking, Swiss psychiatric hospitals: results from a brief online survey

scientific article published on 03 June 2016

The effects of a school-based exercise program on neurophysiological indices of working memory operations in adolescents

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

The relation between sleep and pain among a non-clinical sample of young adults

scientific article published on 31 March 2010

The relation of objective sleep patterns, depressive symptoms, and sleep disturbances in adolescent children and their parents: a sleep-EEG study with 47 families

scientific article published on 27 July 2012

The relationship between meeting vigorous physical activity recommendations and burnout symptoms among adolescents: an exploratory study with vocational students

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The relationship between physical activity and sleep from mid adolescence to early adulthood. A systematic review of methodological approaches and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 05 August 2015

The relationship between shift work, perceived stress, sleep and health in Swiss police officers

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The utility of two interview-based physical activity questionnaires in healthy young adults: Comparison with accelerometer data

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Validation of the German version of the insomnia severity index in adolescents, young adults and adult workers: results from three cross-sectional studies

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

Validation of the German version of the short form of the dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep scale (DBAS-16).

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