ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Physical Exercise and Psychological Distress: The Mediating Roles of Problematic Mobile Phone Use and Learning Burnout among Adolescents.
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- The relationship between academic burnout and problematic smartphone use: a three-level meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Physical activity and mental health: a systematic review and best-evidence synthesis of mediation and moderation studies.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
- The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Mobile Phone Addiction Among Adolescents and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Pooled it
- The Influence of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Craving Degree for University Students with Mobile Phone Dependency: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- School connectedness and adolescents' problematic smartphone use: a cross-lagged model mediated by depressive symptoms.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Directional Relations Between Symptoms of Adolescent Smartphone Addiction, Academic Burnout, and Psychological Distress: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
- Physical activity motivation is inversely associated with anxiety: a cross-sectional serial mediation analysis involving smartphone addiction symptoms and sleep quality in medical undergraduates.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Longitudinal Associations Between Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and Academic Achievement in Adolescents: A Mediated Moderation Model.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Effects of physical activity on mobile phone addiction among university students: the mediating roles of self-control and resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Measuring the Quality of Life and Psychological Distress of Dormitory Students at a University in Sharjah.Cureus · 2024Article
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- Unified and distinct cognitive control deficits in adolescents with cognitive disengagement syndrome and learning burnout.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- The role of loneliness and learning burnout in the regulation of physical exercise on internet addiction in Chinese college students.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Effects of sports on school adaptability, resilience and cell phone addiction tendency of high school students.World journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Exercise intervention to reduce mobile phone addiction in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- How physical exercise influences academic burnout among Chinese "Double Non" college students: the chain mediation role of mobile phone addiction and learning engagement.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The influence of different physical exercise amounts on learning burnout in adolescents: The mediating effect of self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Psychological distress among adolescents adversely affects their development and negatively impacts them later in life. The aim of the present study was to determine whether an association exists between physical exercise and psychological distress and to explore the roles of problematic mobile phone use and learning burnout with respect to this association. A total of 2077 Chinese adolescents were evaluated by using the Physical Exercise Questionnaire, the Self-rating Questionnaire for Adolescent Problematic Mobile Phone Use, the Learning Burnout Questionnaire, and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21. A serial multiple mediation model was constructed using the SPSS PROCESS macro. The results showed that physical exercise was negatively associated with psychological distress in this Chinese adolescent population. Serial multiple mediation analysis revealed that problematic mobile phone use and learning burnout both independently and serially mediated the association between physical exercise and psychological distress. These findings provide evidence suggesting that increased attention should be given to problematic mobile phone use and learning burnout when establishing and implementing specific strategies that leverage greater participation in physical exercise to decrease psychological distress in adolescents.
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