Introduction
Associations between physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SED), and sleep – 24-h movement behaviors (MBs) – and children/youth’s mental health (MH) is well-established though often only examined separately.
Methods
This scoping review sought to answer the question: What evidence is there on the association between 24-h movement behaviors and children/youth’s mental health and what integrated knowledge mobilization applications/tools exist? Included articles examined all three MBs and MH among children/youth. The electronic search was conducted in June 2022 on PsycINFO, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus. An environmental was conducted to search for MB and MH integrated knowledge mobilization applications/tools.
Results
A total of 55 articles were included, where 42 reported on combined MB and MH; 27/42 (64%) examined MB and mental wellness; 27/42 (64%) examined MB and indicators of mental illness; an overlap of 12/42 (29%) articles examined MB in relation to both mental wellness and illness. In total, 21/27 (78%) articles reported a positive and 6/27 (22%) reported no association between combined MB and mental wellness. Additionally, 23/27 (85%) reported a negative association between combined MB and indicators of mental illness and 4/27 (15%) reported no association. The environmental scan revealed one tool that examined how integrated MBs are associated with MH outcomes.
Researchers
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Mark S. Tremblay
Senior Scientist, CHEO Research Institute
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Gary Goldfield
Senior Scientist, CHEO Research Institute
