Abstract:
This study examined the association between core job components (i.e. teaching, research, and student assessment), physical activity (PA), and mental health in a post-COVID-19 context. An online questionnaire administered via Google Forms was used to gather data from 1064 African academics in four countries. A sensitivity analysis was applied to adjust for covariates. Data were analyzed with the hierarchical linear regression analysis. The average age of participants was 44�years. The study found that PA was positively associated with research but negatively associated with student assessment. Mental health was positively associated with onsite teaching but negatively associated with online teaching and research. PA did not predict mental health and mediate the relationship between the job components and mental health. It is concluded that PA may not increase mental health in African academics in a post-COVID-19 situation that required the resumption of work while observing social distancing protocols. � 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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Asiamah, N., School of Health and Care Professions, University of Portsmouth, Winston Churchill Ave, Portsmouth, PO1 2UP, United Kingdom, Africa Centre for Epidemiology, P. O. Box AN, Accra, 16284, Ghana; Muhonja, F., School of Public Health, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya; Omisore, A., Department of Community Medicine, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria; Opuni, F.F., Department of Marketing, Accra Technical University, Accra, Ghana; Mensah, H.K., Human Resources and Organizational Development, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Danquah, E., Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Koforidua Technical University, Koforidua, Ghana; Agyemang, S.M., Department of Physical Education and Health, Abetifi Presbyterian College of Education, Abetifi, Ghana; Agyemang, I., West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists, Accra, Ghana; Hatsu, S., Department of Computer Science, Accra Technical University, Accra, Ghana; Baffoe, R.S., School of Business, Accra Technical University, Accra, Ghana; Eku, E., Institute for Distance Education and E-learning, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana; Manu, C.A., School of Business, Accra Technical University, Accra, Ghana