Depressed mood but not fatigue mediate the relationship between physical activity and perceived stress in middle-aged women

Maturitas

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-240

  Elavsky, Steriani ^a   Gold, Carol H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Fatigue; Menopause; Middle aged; Physical activity; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STRESS;

BODY MASS INDEX; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70749141483     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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