The impact of physical exercise on internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors among middle school students: correlation and regression prediction analysis

Table 4 Kendall’s Tau coefficients between physical exercise and internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors

Variable	Physical exercise	Depression	Anxiety	Stress	Aggressive	Impulsive	Hostile
Depression	0.054*	–
95% CI [lower, upper]	[0.012, 0.097]
Anxiety	0.029	0.582**	–
95% CI [lower, upper]	[− 0.012, 0.070]	[0.556, 0.606]
Stress	0.019	0.548**	0.610**	–
95% CI [lower, upper]	[− 0.026, 0.063]	[0.521, 0.574]	[0.585, 0.632]
Aggressive	0.120**	0.160*	0.127**	0.133**	–
95% CI [lower, upper]	[0.072, 0.163]	[0.120, 0.198]	[0.088, 0.165]	[0.090, 0.174]
Impulsive	0.115**	0.386**	0.388**	0.464**	0.261**	–
95% CI [lower, upper]	[0.070, 0.158]	[0.351, 0.419]	[0.354, 0.421]	[0.430, 0.497]	[0.217, 0.299]
Hostile	0.133**	0.082**	0.054**	0.131**	0.165**	0.327**	–
95% CI [lower, upper]	[0.086, 0.176]	[0.042, 0.119]	[0.014, 0.091]	[0.091, 0.168]	[0.122, 0.207]	[0.287, 0.365]

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, Tau-a is the Kendall’s coefficient, and CI is the confidence interval (95%)

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