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Association between Active School Travel and Depressive Symptoms among 51,702 Adolescents in 26 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Shuan Liu¹, Sitong Chen², Xiaohong Zhu³, Brendon Stubbs⁴, Qian Yu⁵, Mark D. Griffiths⁶, Can Jiao⁷, Aiguo Chen⁸, Md Mahbub Hossain⁹, Zsolt Demetrovics^10,11, Albert S. Yeung¹², Jinming Li⁵, Xingyu Zhang⁵, Liye Zou^5,*

1 Faculty of Educational Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
2 Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, 8001, Australia
3 College of Sports Science, Jishou University, Jishou, 212013, China
4 Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, WC2R 2LS, UK
5 Exercise and Mental Health Laboratory, Institute of KEEP Collaborative Innovation, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
6 Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK
7 School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
8 College of Physical Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225127, China
9 Department of Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX77843, USA
10 Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 1064, Hungary
11 Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming, University of Gibraltar, Europa Point, GX11 1AA, Gibraltar
12 Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA

* Corresponding Author: Liye Zou. Email: