{"id":781,"date":"2025-06-20T08:23:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T08:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ja-mentor.eu\/?p=781"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:45:48","slug":"exciting-news-from-the-ja-mentor-project-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ja-mentor.eu\/index.php\/2025\/06\/20\/exciting-news-from-the-ja-mentor-project-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting News from the JA MENTOR Project Team!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\ud83c\udf1f Exciting News from the JA MENTOR Project Team! \ud83c\udf1f
\ud83d\ude80 Advancing Youth Well-being Through Research & Collaboration! \ud83c\udf1f

A huge congratulations to Chiara Ciacchella, Barbara Collacchi, and Francesca Cirulli from the JA MENTOR WP5 Italian team for their insightful publication in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry:

\ud83d\udcc4 “Impact of structured physical activity on youth\u2019s mental health: A review of umbrella reviews”
Authors: Ciacchella C, Collacchi B, Fiorillo A, Sampogna G, Cirulli F
DOI: 10.1177\/00207640251342425

Their review synthesizes evidence on the positive impacts of structured physical activity (PA) \u2013 including exercise, sports, and dance \u2013 on youth mental health. It highlights promising outcomes in reducing depressive and anxiety symptoms, improving self-esteem, and enhancing social functioning among young people.

\ud83d\udca1 Why is this significant?
Although not directly stemming from JA MENTOR results, this paper aligns with the goals of WP5 tasks, particularly T5.2.2 (identifying community programs) and T5.2.4 (designing training initiatives for professionals). This connection underscores the broader relevance of structured physical activity in promoting mental health for youth, a core focus of JA MENTOR\u2019s work.

\ud83d\udc4f Once again, congratulations to the authors for their contribution to advancing knowledge in this vital area. Your work resonates with JA MENTOR\u2019s mission of fostering mental health and well-being across Europe.

Read, quote and promote: https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/00207640251342425<\/a>

Let\u2019s continue pushing boundaries and sharing impactful insights! \ud83d\udcaa\ud83e\udde0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udf1f Exciting News from the JA MENTOR Project Team! \ud83c\udf1f\ud83d\ude80 Advancing Youth Well-being Through Research & Collaboration! \ud83c\udf1f A huge congratulations to Chiara Ciacchella, Barbara Collacchi, and Francesca Cirulli from the JA MENTOR WP5 Italian team for their insightful publication in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry: \ud83d\udcc4 “Impact of structured physical activity on youth\u2019s mental health: A review of umbrella reviews”Authors: Ciacchella C, Collacchi B, Fiorillo A, Sampogna G, Cirulli FDOI: 10.1177\/00207640251342425 Their review synthesizes evidence on the positive impacts of structured physical activity (PA) \u2013 including exercise, sports, and dance \u2013 on youth mental health. It highlights promising outcomes in reducing depressive and anxiety symptoms, improving self-esteem, and enhancing social functioning among young people. \ud83d\udca1 Why is this significant?Although not directly stemming from JA MENTOR results, this paper aligns with the goals of WP5 tasks, particularly T5.2.2 (identifying community programs) and T5.2.4 (designing training initiatives for professionals). This connection underscores the broader relevance of structured physical activity in promoting mental health for youth, a core focus of JA MENTOR\u2019s work. \ud83d\udc4f Once again, congratulations to the authors for their contribution to advancing knowledge in this vital area. Your work resonates with JA MENTOR\u2019s mission of fostering mental health and well-being across Europe. Read, quote and promote: https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/00207640251342425 Let\u2019s continue pushing boundaries and sharing impactful insights! \ud83d\udcaa\ud83e\udde0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-wp5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ja-mentor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ja-mentor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ja-mentor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ja-mentor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ja-mentor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ja-mentor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":785,"href":"https:\/\/ja-mentor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781\/revisions\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ja-mentor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ja-mentor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ja-mentor.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}