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The dual crisis of depression and physical inactivity in Chinese adolescents: A call for integrated family–school–community collaborative interventions
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1 Jining Yucai High School, Jining , China
2 School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining , China
3 Department of Psychiatry, Jining Rencheng Mental Hospital, Jining , China
4 Department of Psychology, Jining Genshine Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital, Jining , China
5 Department of Psychology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining , China
HPR, 026320191 https://doi.org/10.36922/HPR026320191
Received: 3 August 2026 | Revised: 18 September 2026 | Accepted: 22 September 2026 | Published online: 24 September 2026
© 2026 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Funding
This work was supported by the Jining Social Science Planning Project (26JSGX162, 26JSGX173).
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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