Letter to the Editor: Nuanced considerations on the association between childhood movement behaviors and adolescent mental health

IF 4.4 3区医学 Q1 PEDIATRICS

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Pub Date : 2026-04-27 Epub Date: 2026-02-24 DOI:10.1111/camh.70077

Zhijun Jiang, Zhiwei Hu, Yuchang Fei

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Abstract

The longitudinal study by Werneck et al. (2025) prospectively examined the associations between device-measured physical activity and sedentary time in childhood and mental health outcomes in adolescence, providing valuable evidence to the field. This letter offers a critical appraisal of the aforementioned study, discussing potential limitations and alternative interpretations of its findings within the context of the existing literature. Future research should integrate contextual data, differentiate across behavioral domains, and employ study designs more suited for causal inference to inform targeted interventions.

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致编辑的信：关于儿童运动行为和青少年心理健康之间关系的细微考虑。

Werneck等人（2025）的纵向研究前瞻性地考察了设备测量的儿童时期身体活动和久坐时间与青春期心理健康结果之间的关系，为该领域提供了有价值的证据。这封信对上述研究进行了批判性评价，讨论了潜在的局限性以及在现有文献背景下对其发现的其他解释。未来的研究应该整合上下文数据，区分行为领域，并采用更适合因果推理的研究设计，为有针对性的干预提供信息。

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health PEDIATRICS-PSYCHIATRY

CiteScore

8.30

自引率

3.30%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) publishes high quality, peer-reviewed child and adolescent mental health services research of relevance to academics, clinicians and commissioners internationally. The journal''s principal aim is to foster evidence-based clinical practice and clinically orientated research among clinicians and health services researchers working with children and adolescents, parents and their families in relation to or with a particular interest in mental health. CAMH publishes reviews, original articles, and pilot reports of innovative approaches, interventions, clinical methods and service developments. The journal has regular sections on Measurement Issues, Innovations in Practice, Global Child Mental Health and Humanities. All published papers should be of direct relevance to mental health practitioners and clearly draw out clinical implications for the field.