“…Recent research indicates the existence of a positive relationship between physical activity and mental health (Pascoe et al, 2020), placing physical activity as a possible protective factor against mental health problems in adolescents (Guo, Tomson, Keller, & Söderqvist, 2018;Lourenço, Peres, Porto, Oliveira, & Dutra, 2017). However, research erroneously encompasses physical activity, exercises, and sports in the same category (Bezerra, Lopes, Del Duca, Barbosa Filho, & Barros, 2016;Pinheiro, Andrade, & De Micheli, 2016), and such habits have distinct characteristics.…”