Association between early childhood outdoor activity and anxiety symptoms in preschoolers

• Published in: BMC psychiatry Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 388 - 10
• Main Authors: Wu, Jian-Bo, Zhang, Yan, Yang, Yanni, Qiu, Shuang-Yan, Zhou, Qiang, Li, Jiemin, Zhang, Jing-Yu, Xian, Danxia, Zhou, Fang, Zhao, Ziyi, Guo, Yawei, Zhang, Yuying, Lu, Dali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 17.04.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Analysis; Anxiety; Anxiety - epidemiology; Anxiety disorders; Anxiety symptoms; Care and treatment; Child, Preschool; Childhood; Children; Children & youth; China; China - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diagnosis; Early childhood; Exercise - psychology; Families & family life; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Hypotheses; Infant; Kindergarten; Male; Marital status; Mental disorders; Mental health; Outdoor activities; Outdoor activity duration; Outdoor activity frequency; Outdoor recreation; Outdoors; Parents & parenting; Preschool children; Preschoolers; Psychological aspects; Questionnaires; Social aspects; Sociodemographics; Surveys and Questionnaires; Variables; China; United States > US; Shenzhen China; Early childhood; Preschoolers; Outdoor activity duration; Outdoor activity frequency; Anxiety symptoms

Recently, a decreasing trend has been observed in the frequency and duration of outdoor activity among children, which has garnered concern regarding the potential impacts of this decline during mental health in early childhood. Currently, the association between outdoor activity in early childhood...