“…Consequently, exercise is currently widely encouraged in combination with antidepressants for the treatment of depression (Strawbridge, Deleger, Roberts, & Kaplan, 2002) and successfully reduces risk of depression after a stressful life event (O'Dougherty, Hearst, Syed, Kurzer, & Schmitz, 2012) for the general nonclinical population. Interestingly, recent evidence suggests that leisure-based (i.e., nonintervention) physical activity may be more beneficial than nonleisure activity in moderating depression for both the general population (Lin, Halgin, Well, & Ockene, 2008) and depressed groups (Pickett, Yardley, & Kendrick, 2012), but physical activities motivated by other domains (work, housework) did not provide similar protection (Chen, Stevinson, Ku, Chang, & Chu, 2012; Harvey, Hotopf, Øverland, & Mykletun, 2010).…”