Does sports participation reduce disparities in anxiety and depression symptoms among sexual minority and heterosexual undergraduate students? A cross-sectional study
André Felipe Oliveira da Cruz, Pedro Victor Felisberto da Silva, Mateus Sanches Jokura, Jessenia Marise Sales Campos, Marcelo Augusto Alves dos Santos, Thaís Aparecida Medeiros Amorim, Giovanni Henrique Quizzini, Matheus Augusto Martins Correia, Ana Paula Rodrigues Rocha, Camila Buonani, Sueyla Ferr · 2026
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André Felipe Oliveira da Cruz and a team of co-authors present a study from twenty twenty-six on sports and mood in university students by sexual orientation. Sports help mood in the broad run, but the gain may not fall even. The team polled over five hundred undergraduates, split by sports contest play and by orientation. Standard scales gauged anxiety and low mood.
Sexual minority students who played sports showed far more mid to severe anxiety and low mood than straight peers in sports. Their risk of each was near double or more. Gay and lesbian players scored worst of all. Among non players, no such gap showed. The team says sports did not close the mood gap and calls for more welcoming campus sports.
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| CREATOR | André Felipe Oliveira da Cruz, Pedro Victor Felisberto da Silva, Mateus Sanches Jokura, Jessenia Marise Sales Campos, Marcelo Augusto Alves dos Santos, Thaís Aparecida Medeiros Amorim, Giovanni Henrique Quizzini, Matheus Augusto Martins Correia, Ana Paula Rodrigues Rocha, Camila Buonani, Sueyla Ferr |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |