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Pittsburgh enjoyable activities test your name today s date This questionnaire the PEAT assesses how frequently you ve been involved in a variety of enjoyable activities alone or with others in a variety of locations both active and inactive. Method Participants from four diferent studies n 1399 total 74 female age 19-89 years completed a self-report measure Pittsburgh Enjoyable Activities Test PEAT assessing their participation in ten diferent types of leisure activities as well as measures assessing positive and negative psychosocial states. In the last month how often have you spent time doing the following please write the appropriate number using the scale below to the right of each type of activity. never occasionally quite often every day frequently If an item isn t applicable to you or you don t enjoy it put a 0 to the right of that activity. type of activity spending quiet time alone spending time unwinding at the end of the day visiting friends and/or relatives going out for meals with friends and/or relatives doing fun things with others club fellowship and religious group participation going away on holiday being in outdoor settings such as gardens parks countryside actively engaging in sports involvement in hobbies. total score 0-40 average mean score for nearly 14 000 U*S* adults see below was about 22 with approximately 70 falling in the range 16. 5 to 27. 5 and approximately 95 in the range 11. 5 to 32. 5. Pressman S* D. K. A. Matthews et al* 2009. Association of Enjoyable Leisure Activities With Psychological and Physical WellBeing. Psychosom Med 71 7 725-732. Objective To examine whether engaging in multiple enjoyable activities was associated with better psychological and physiological functioning. Few studies have examined the health benefts of the enjoyable activities that individuals participate in voluntarily in their free time. Resting blood pressure cortisol over 2 days body mass index waist circumference and perceived physiological functioning were assessed* Results Higher PEAT scores were associated with lower blood pressure total cortisol waist circumference and body mass index and perceptions of better physical function* These associations withstood controlling for demographic measures. The PEAT was correlated with higher levels of positive psychosocial states and lower levels of depression and negative afect. Conclusion Enjoyable leisure activities taken in the aggregate are associated with psychosocial and physical measures relevant for health and well-being. Future studies should determine the extent that these behaviors in the aggregate are useful predictors of disease and other health outcomes. In the last month how often have you spent time doing the following please write the appropriate number using the scale below to the right of each type of activity. never occasionally quite often every day frequently If an item isn t applicable to you or you don t enjoy it put a 0 to the right of that activity. never occasionally quite often every day frequently If an item isn t applicable to you or you don t enjoy it put a 0 to the right of that activity. type of activity spending quiet time alone spending time unwinding at the end of the day visiting friends and/or relatives going out for meals with friends and/or relatives doing fun things with others club fellowship and religious group participation going away on holiday being in outdoor settings such as gardens parks countryside actively engaging in sports involvement in hobbies.