ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Physical Exercise and Undergraduate Students' Subjective Well-Being: Mediating Roles of Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Sleep Quality.
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- 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
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- Sleep quality, physical activity, and perceived academic performance of Italian adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Fostering cultural sustainability and student wellbeing: an embodied practice of teacher support in bilingual Tai Chi.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Association between physical exercise and innovative behavior among university students: the mediating role of learning engagement.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Physical exercise and subjective wellbeing among Chinese students in South Korea: the mediating roles of exercise-related psychological needs satisfaction and psychological resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Relationship between physical exercise and quality of life in Chinese college students: the chain mediating effect of psychological flourishing and optimistic intelligence.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Association between outdoor physical activity and positive mental health in adolescence: estimating the mediation effect of autonomy, competence and relatedness.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- A chain mediation model for physical exercise and sleep quality.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Inner Road to Happiness: A Narrative Review Exploring the Interoceptive Benefits of Exercise for Well-Being.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A study on the relationship between high school students' sleep quality, physical exercise, academic stress, and subjective well-being.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Exploring the mediating role of meaning in life and psychological resilience in the relationship between physical exercise and sleep quality among Chinese secondary school students.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Effects of physical activity participation on subjective well-being of Chinese residents: mediating effects of physical health status and perceived social development.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- The Relationship between Live Sports Learning and Exercise Behavior in College Students: A Serial Mediation Model.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to examine the association between physical exercise and subjective well-being among undergraduate students, as well as its underlying mechanism-the potential mediating roles of basic psychological need satisfaction and sleep quality-from the perspective of self-determination theory. A sample of 770 undergraduate students (mean age was 19.90 ± 1.15 years old; 464 women) were recruited voluntarily to complete a set of measures examining physical exercise habits, psychological need satisfaction in exercise, sleep quality, and subjective well-being. The results indicated that (1) physical exercise was positively associated with undergraduate students' subjective well-being; (2) psychological need satisfaction and sleep quality could significantly mediate this relation, which contained three pathways-the independent mediating effects of sleep quality and basic psychological need satisfaction and the sequential mediating effect of them. These findings not only reveal the mediating mechanism underlying the relation between physical exercise and subjective well-being by integrating the psychological and physical factors together but also provide an empirical basis for formulating prevention and intervention programs aimed at promoting the health and subjective well-being of undergraduate students.
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