4917.0 - Sport and social capital, Australia, 2010  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 27/03/2012  Final
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PERSONAL STRESSORS

Personal stressors are events or conditions that occur in a person's life that may adversely impact on the individual's or their family's wellbeing. A stressor may occur directly, such as personally experiencing a serious illness, or indirectly, such as having a family member with a serious illness. In some instances personal stressors may have an ongoing impact, or limit the capacity of a person or family to live a satisfying and productive life.

People who experienced a personal stressor in the last 12 months had a higher participation rate in sport and physical recreation activities (77%) than those who did not experience any of these stressors (70%). Of those who participated in sport and physical recreation, 63% of people experienced a stressor in the last 12 months, compared with 56% of non-participants who had experienced a stressor. Research has shown that exercise has stress modifying effects, where people who exercise more exhibit less health problems when they encounter stress than those who don't participate (Gerber & Pühse 2009), but the motivation for participating in sport and physical recreation varies among individuals.

5.4 Participation in Sport and Physical Recreation, By whether experienced a personal stressor in last 12 months

Participated
Did not participate
Total
Participation rate
Non-participation rate
Total
'000
'000
'000
%
%
%

Experienced a stressor
7 903.0
2 413.8
10 316.8
76.6
23.4
100.0
Did not experience a stressor
4 555.7
1 914.0
6 469.7
70.4
29.6
100.0
Total(a)
12 458.7
4 329.4
16 788.2
74.2
25.8
100.0

(a) Includes null response and not stated.








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