Relations entre les émotions négatives, l'estime de soi, l'image du corps et la pratique sportive des étudiants de première année

These results underline the beneficial effects of some health behaviors. Similarly, prevention programs should limit the decrease in physical activity among students when they start university, and even promote it if the student has no regular physical activity. Moreover, while most studies attempt to demonstrate the pathogenic effects of some behaviors, the present one highlights the beneficial effect of practicing sport. This study focuses on emotional distress among students, and is implicated in the field of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This approach could be a helpful way (1) to take care of these problems by means of behavioral and cognitive techniques, and (2) to adapt the CBT to the fact that some people are subject to negative emotions. The results call for the development of longitudinal studies to test the effects of this kind of healthcare approach among students.