The Effect of Physical Exercise on Depression in College Students: The Chain Mediating Role of Self-Concept and Social Support

OBJECTIVE: This study introduced self-concept and social support as research variables to establish a research mechanism, in order to encourage college students to participate in sports better, relieve or overcome depression. METHODS: The survey was conducted among 1,200 college students in Jiangxi,...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Junliang, Zheng, Shuang, Hu, Zhongzheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Materias:
Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9150849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35651580
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.841160
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description OBJECTIVE: This study introduced self-concept and social support as research variables to establish a research mechanism, in order to encourage college students to participate in sports better, relieve or overcome depression. METHODS: The survey was conducted among 1,200 college students in Jiangxi, China. Serial mediation models were used to examine whether self-concept and social support mediated in the effect of physical exercise on depression. RESULTS: Physical exercise significantly negatively predicted college depression. Moreover, Self-concept and social support mediate the relationship between physical exercise and depression in college students. CONCLUSION: This study reveals how physical exercise affects college students’ depression and its mechanism, and the results have certain enlightenment significance for maintaining and promoting college students’ physical and mental health.
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spelling pubmed-91508492022-05-31 The Effect of Physical Exercise on Depression in College Students: The Chain Mediating Role of Self-Concept and Social Support Zhang, Junliang Zheng, Shuang Hu, Zhongzheng Front Psychol Psychology OBJECTIVE: This study introduced self-concept and social support as research variables to establish a research mechanism, in order to encourage college students to participate in sports better, relieve or overcome depression. METHODS: The survey was conducted among 1,200 college students in Jiangxi, China. Serial mediation models were used to examine whether self-concept and social support mediated in the effect of physical exercise on depression. RESULTS: Physical exercise significantly negatively predicted college depression. Moreover, Self-concept and social support mediate the relationship between physical exercise and depression in college students. CONCLUSION: This study reveals how physical exercise affects college students’ depression and its mechanism, and the results have certain enlightenment significance for maintaining and promoting college students’ physical and mental health. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9150849/ /pubmed/35651580 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.841160 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zhang, Zheng and Hu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9150849/
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