@article{ref1,
title="Exploring the relationship between walking and emotional health in China",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2020",
author="Zhu, Zhenjun and Chen, Hongsheng and Ma, Jianxiao and He, Yudong and Chen, Junlan and Sun, Jingrui",
volume="17",
number="23",
pages="e8804-e8804",
abstract="Walking has a positive impact on people's emotional health. However, in the case of  serious air pollution, it is controversial whether walking exercise can still  improve individuals' emotional health. Using data from the 2014 wave of the China  Labor-Force Dynamics Survey, this study explored the relationship between walking  and emotional health with different levels of environmental pollution. The results  indicated that respondents who took regular walks had better emotional health than  those who did not walk regularly. For those whose main mode of physical exercise was  walking, the average number of walks per week was significantly and positively  correlated with their emotional health; however, the average duration of the walk  had no significant impact on their emotional health. Moreover, for those whose main  mode of physical exercise was walking and who lived in neighborhoods with a polluted  environment, regular walking still had a positive impact on their emotional health. This suggests that even if environmental pollution is serious, walking still plays  an important role in regulating individuals' mental health. We propose that in order  to promote the emotional health of residents, it is necessary to create more public  spaces for outdoor activities and simultaneously increase efforts to control  environmental pollution.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph17238804",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238804"
}