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Mediation analysis was used to assess whether the relationships between sport status and anxiety, depression, and QOL were mediated by PA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>At the time of the study, 171 (31%) had returned to play and 388 (69%) had not. Athletes who had returned to play had less anxiety (3.6 \u00b1 0.4 versus 8.2 \u00b1 0.6, P &amp;lt; .001) and depression (4.2 \u00b1 0.4 versus 7.3 \u00b1 0.6, P &amp;lt; .001) and higher QOL (88.1 \u00b1 1.0 versus 80.2 \u00b1 1.4, P &amp;lt; .001) and more PA (24.0 \u00b1 0.5 versus 16.3 \u00b1 0.7, P &amp;lt; .001). Physical activity explained a significant, but small, proportion of the difference in depression (22.1%, P = .02) and QOL (16.0%, P = .048) but not anxiety (6.6%, P = .20) between athletes who had and those who had not returned to play.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Increased PA was responsible for only a small portion of the improvements in depression and QOL among athletes who returned to sports. This suggests that most of the mental health benefits of sport participation for adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic were independent of the benefits of increased PA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4085\/1062-6050-0479.22","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,26]],"date-time":"2023-01-26T16:19:18Z","timestamp":1674749958000},"page":"882-886","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Does Increased Physical Activity Explain the Psychosocial Benefits of Sport Participation During COVID-19?"],"prefix":"10.4085","volume":"58","author":[{"given":"Andrew M.","family":"Watson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"*Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kevin M.","family":"Biese","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u2020Department of Kinesiology, University of 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