Physical Activity Is Related to Mood States, Anxiety State and Self-Rated Health in COVID-19 Lockdown

The main goal of this research is to study the relationships between physical activity, mood states and self-rated health in Spanish lockdown (March 2020–April 2020) due state alarm caused by COVID-19. participants were 328 people aged 19 59 years (M = 37.06; SD 10.82). Females comprised 63.70% participants, 36.30% male. An associative, comparative predictive design was used research. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Profile Mood State (POMS), anxiety scale State-Trait Anxiety (STAI) General Health GHQ−12 applied order measure variables. Both correlation linear regression analyses performed, showing that activity positively related perception mood. Similarly, data have shown moderate practice predicts better perceptions positive than vigorous activity. Specifically, only variable (R 0.22; R2adjusted 0.05; F 15.51; p < 0.001). In addition, it has been detected health. Outcomes suggest practicing during these types situations could amortize its negative effects on psychological benefit a more mental state. Future studies should consider employment status sample detect possible differences based variable.