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Additionally, involvement in socially approved activities does not improve psychological well-being as expected. In fact, participation in non-normative activities significantly improves psychological well-being suggesting that the health benefits produced by exercise are more important than complying with traditional norms regarding sport involvement.","Three stage least squares is used to estimate a model indicating the relationship between physical activity, subjective well-being and psychological well-being. Support is revealed for the following relationship: physical activity improves subjective well-being (partially by controlling one's weight), subjective well-being improves psychological well-being and psychological well-being increases participation in sport and physical activity. This supports much of the literature (Greist et al. 1979; McCann and Holmes 1984; Blue 1979; Doyne et al. 1983) which suggests that exercise directly decreases depression and anxiety. 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