Effect-evaluation of the intervention "Being active without Worries"

INTERVENTION: 1. B‐condition: the eight week intervention is offered with only the exercise component 2. BP‐condition: the eight week intervention is offered with the exercise and psycho‐education components 3. AC‐condition: a control condition with postponed intervention for 3 months CONDITION: Depressive and stress related symptomatology ; Mental and Behavioural Disorders ; Depressive episode PRIMARY OUTCOME: Depressive and stress related symptomatology, as measured by the CES‐D, perceived stress scale, daily hassles scale. These measures will be administered two weeks before subjects start the course, 1 week after ending the course and next 6, 12 and 18 months after ending the course. SECONDARY OUTCOME: 1. Social support; 2. Mastery; 3. Self‐esteem; 4. Self‐efficacy; 5. Assertiveness ; 6. Neighborhood perception; ; These will be measured two weeks before subjects start the course, 1 week after ending the course and next 6, 12 and 18 months after ending the course by means of questionnaires such as the Social Support List (SSL), personal mastery scale, the NPV, ALCOS and the SIG. Percentage of participating women will be determined by means of enrolment numbers for the course, satisfaction with the course will be determined by means of a questionnaire. INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. The research population consists of adult women (20 ‐ 55 years) with a LSES background 2. Furthermore, the women must have mild to moderate (sub‐clinical) depressive symptomatology as measured with the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES‐D), or suffer from stress related complaints