To what extent does self-reported physical activity impact children’s wellbeing and mental health? Insights from school-aged children in Wales

Michaela James; Mary Adebayo; Mayara Silveira Bianchim; Levi Hughes; Marianne Mannello; Emily Marchant; Sinead Brophy

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0313970

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To what extent does self-reported physical activity impact children’s wellbeing and mental health? Insights from school-aged children in Wales

Michaela James ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: m.l.james@swansea.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Population Health, Population Data Science, Data Science Building, Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7047-0049

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Mary Adebayo,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Population Health, Population Data Science, Data Science Building, Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom
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Mayara Silveira Bianchim,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Population Health, Population Data Science, Data Science Building, Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom
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Levi Hughes,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Population Health, Population Data Science, Data Science Building, Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom
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Marianne Mannello,

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Play Wales, Park Houses, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Emily Marchant,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Education, Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom
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Sinead Brophy

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Population Health, Population Data Science, Data Science Building, Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom
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To what extent does self-reported physical activity impact children’s wellbeing and mental health? Insights from school-aged children in Wales

Michaela James,
Mary Adebayo,
Mayara Silveira Bianchim,
Levi Hughes,
Marianne Mannello,
Emily Marchant,
Sinead Brophy

Published: May 22, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313970
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