Mass media pressure on psychological and healthy well‑being. An explanatory model as a function of physical activity González Valero, Gabriel Melguizo Ibáñez, Eduardo Ortega Caballero, Manuel Marfil Carmona, Rafael Zurita Ortega, Félix Puertas Molero, Pilar Mass media Physical appearance Psychological well-being Mediterranean diet Objectives The present research aims to identify and establish the relationships between media pressure, psychological wellbeing, age, physical activity and adherence to the Mediterranean diet. This objective is broken down into (a) developing an explanatory model of media pressure, psychological well-being, age, physical activity and adherence to the Mediterranean diet and (b) testing the structural model by means of a multi-group analysis according to physical activity level. Material and methods To this end, a quantitative, non-experimental (ex post facto), comparative and cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample of 634 participants (35.18 ± 9.68). The instruments used were an ad hoc questionnaire, the Spanish version of Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4), the Psychological Well-Being Scales (PWBS) and the Prevention with Mediterranean Diet (PREDIMED). Conclusions The data reveal that meeting the WHO physical activity criteria improves the relationships between media pressure, psychological well-being and healthy well-being. 2022-09-05T09:57:18Z 2022-09-05T09:57:18Z 2022-07-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article González-Valero, G... [et al.]. Mass media pressure on psychological and healthy well-being. An explanatory model as a function of physical activity. J Public Health (Berl.) (2022). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-022-01733-z] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/76520 10.1007/s10389-022-01733-z eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 4.0 Internacional Springer