SynthesisFrontiers in public health2022
META analysis on the effect of taijiquan on improving negative psychological symptoms of college students and the optimal dose.
Synthesis in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Tai Chi on Mental Health in college students: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Effect of exercise intervention on anxiety among college students: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Evidence map of traditional Chinese exercises.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Association between family sports environment and adolescent physical activity: the mediating role of basic psychological needs and the moderating role of academic stress.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Three wave cross-lagged associations between traditional Chinese ethnic sports adherence and anxiety symptoms: parallel mediating roles of emotion regulation difficulties and perceived stress.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Association between soy product consumption, duration of physical exercise, and psychological symptoms among Tibetan college students: a cross-sectional study in high-altitude regions of China.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Mind-Body Medicine in the Treatment of Depression: A Narrative Review of Efficacy, Safety and Mechanisms.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- A review of traditional Chinese medicine intervention methods for depression among college students.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- The relationship between physical activity and anxiety in college students: exploring the mediating role of lifestyle habits and dietary nutrition.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Interventions for psychiatric disorders among university students: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
Background: Taijiquan, as a physical and mental exercise, can improve the negative psychology of college students. However, it is still controversial, and the optimal exercise dose of taijiquan to interfere with negative psychology has not been evaluated. Objective: This study is aimed at systematically evaluating the effect of taijiquan therapy on improving negative psychological symptoms of college students and its optimal intervention dose. Methods: Search databases such as Web of Science, Embase, PubMed, CNKI, WFSD, etc. Collect high-quality relevant RCT studies. After screening, extracting, coding and counting the data, a META analysis is done through Review Manage 5.3 and Stata 15.0 software. PICOS established the eligibility criteria to select the studies as follows: (i) population - non-clinical of college students; (ii) intervention - taijiquan intervention; (iii) comparison - taijiquan intervention group and regular physical activity group; (iv) outcomes - depression, anxiety; and (v) study design - randomized controlled trial. Results: A total of 12 articles and 1,000 samples were included. All of the participants are college students. Taijiquan therapy can significantly reduce the depression and anxiety symptoms of college students [SMD = -0.53, 95% CI (-0.82, -0.23)], [SMD = -0.49, 95% CI (-0.90, -0.09)], with statistical significance ( Conclusion: Taijiquan intervention can effectively improve the negative psychological symptoms of college students, and it has great promotion value in colleges and universities. Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, identifier: CRD42022314071.
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