The YAM experience and the interplay of youth positioning and researchers’ mode of interaction.

<p>Fig 1 demonstrates the interplay between the YAM experiences (column 1) and the youth positioning (column 2) and researchers’ mode of interaction (column 3) during the interview. We observed a possible relationship between interactions between youth and mental health researchers and the adolescents’ YAM experiences.</p

Physical activity in European adolescents and associations with anxiety, depression and wellbeing.

In this cross-sectional study, physical activity, sport participation and associations with wellbeing, anxiety and depressive symptoms were examined in a large representative sample of European adolescents. A school-based survey was completed by 11,110 adolescents from ten European countries who took part in the SEYLE (Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe) study. The questionnaire included items assessing physical activity, sport participation and validated instruments assessing well-being (WHO-5), depressive symptoms (BDI-II) and anxiety (SAS). Multi-level mixed effects linear regression was used to examine associations between physical activity/sport participation and mental health measures. A minority of the sample (17.9% of boys and 10.7% of girls; p</p