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: Received: 21 June 2024 / Approved: 21 June 2024 / Online: 21 June 2024 (11:36:37 CEST)
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Deng, J.; Liu, Y.; Wang, T.; Li, W. The Effects of Physical Activity on Anxiety in College Students: Parallel Mediation of Life Satisfaction and Self-Efficacy. Preprints2024, 2024061523. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.1523.v1
Deng, J.; Liu, Y.; Wang, T.; Li, W. The Effects of Physical Activity on Anxiety in College Students: Parallel Mediation of Life Satisfaction and Self-Efficacy. Preprints 2024, 2024061523. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.1523.v1
Deng, J.; Liu, Y.; Wang, T.; Li, W. The Effects of Physical Activity on Anxiety in College Students: Parallel Mediation of Life Satisfaction and Self-Efficacy. Preprints2024, 2024061523. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.1523.v1
APA Style
Deng, J., Liu, Y., Wang, T., & Li, W. (2024). The Effects of Physical Activity on Anxiety in College Students: Parallel Mediation of Life Satisfaction and Self-Efficacy. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.1523.v1
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Deng, J., Tong Wang and WeiCheng Li. 2024 "The Effects of Physical Activity on Anxiety in College Students: Parallel Mediation of Life Satisfaction and Self-Efficacy" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202406.1523.v1
Abstract
Objective: To explore the functions that physical activity (PA), life satisfaction, and self-efficacy have in the process of coping with anxiety among Chinese college students, and to explore the mediating role of life satisfaction and self-efficacy in this process.
Methods: Participants were 358 college students (186 males, 172 females, mean age 20.88, SD=±1.80). Psychosocial tests including the Physical Activity Rating Scale (PARS-3), College Student Life Satisfaction Scale (CSLSS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) were completed. Correlations between variables were calculated using Pearson's test. The mediation model was tested using the SPSS 26.0 PROCESS macro and regression bootstrap.
Results: Physical activity showed a negative correlation with anxiety (β= -0.1617, p < 0.001), life satisfaction and self-efficacy played a role in the relationship between physical activity and anxiety, and, more importantly, physical activity affected anxiety through the parallel mediating effects of life satisfaction and self-efficacy, with a total mediating effect of 55.34%.
Conclusion: By increasing college students' participation in physical activity, it helps to promote the growth of their life satisfaction and self-efficacy, which is the key to reducing anxiety and promoting college students' mental health.
Keywords
Anxiety; negative emotions; self-efficacy; life satisfaction; physical activity
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
Copyright:
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