Functional fitness, lifestyle and demographic factors as predictors of perceived physical and mental health in older adults: A structural equation model

• Giovanni Angelo Navarra ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanni Angelo Navarra, Garden Tabacchi

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: giovanniangelo.navarra@community.unipa.it

  Affiliation Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7780-6342

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• Garden Tabacchi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanni Angelo Navarra, Garden Tabacchi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7619-5153

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• Antonino Scardina,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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• Massimiliano Agnese,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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• Ewan Thomas,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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• Antonino Bianco,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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• Antonio Palma,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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• Marianna Bellafiore

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3092-1666

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