Abstract:

Introduction: Among the health complications of the current population, mental health stands out, enhanced by physical inactivity. Since physical exercise, especially street running, can lead to benefits directly, controlling levels of anxiety, stress and depression. Thus, the present study aimed to verify the responses of street running in the levels of anxiety, stress and depression. Materials and methods: the study sample consisted of 118 participants (70 men), who regularly practiced street running. Through a non-probabilistic and convenience selection, data collection took place through Google form (carried out through social networks), where sociodemographic issues, training history and symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression were measured (DASS-21). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlated by the Mann Whitney test, considering a significance level of p<0.05. Results: with the results we observed that women had higher levels of stress than men (p=0.039), values ​​that had no difference in the levels of anxiety and depression. Conclusion: with this, we observed that street running and street running can directly help mental health, especially in men's stress levels, due to their physiological and emotional responses. However, studies are scarce, making further studies with the theme necessary to encourage the practice of street running as non-drug treatment to improve mental health.

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