ArticleBMC psychiatry2023
The association between physical activity and subjective well-being among adolescents in southwest China by parental absence: a moderated mediation model.
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- The mediating effect of resilience and self-efficacy between physical activity and wellbeing: a meta-analytic structural equation modeling.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled 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 mediating effect of resilience between physical activity and mental health: a meta-analytic structural equation modeling approach.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- The investigation of the basic psychological needs of athletes in the Turkish National Amputee Football Team: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The mediation of resilience between physical activity, parenting style, and social anxiety among Chinese adolescents: evidence from a structural equation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The effects of physical exercise on adolescents' antisocial behavior: the chain-mediated effects of good peer relationships and subjective wellbeing.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Association between physical activity and academic achievement in adolescents mediated by self-concept and physical and mental health.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A study on the relationship between high school students' sleep quality, physical exercise, academic stress, and subjective well-being.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- School-based peer education intervention on physical activity in Iranian adolescent girls: an application of the theory of planned behavior.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The impact of parental psychological control on adolescents' physical activity: the mediating role of self-control and the moderating role of psychological capital.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The relationship between physical activity and subjective well-being in Chinese university students: the mediating roles of perceived health, social support and self-esteem.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesBuilt on the Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework, this study examined how physical activity affected the subjective well-being of adolescents in the multi-ethnic area of southwest China. The mediating role of school connectedness as an external development asset and the moderating role of resilience as an internal development asset were specified and tested within the framework of sport-based PYD.
methodsA cross-sectional survey of 3143 adolescents (47.2% boys with mean age = 12.88 and SD = 1.68) was conducted in 2020. A structural equation model (SEM) was developed to estimate the direct effect of physical activity, the mediating effect of school connectedness, and the moderating effect of resilience on adolescents' subjective well-being. Multi-group comparison was made to investigate differences and similarities across three parental absence subgroups: (1) both parents present, (2) one parent absent, and (3) both parents absent.
resultsAs surmised, physical activity, school connectedness, and resilience all positively and significantly affected adolescents' subjective well-being. SEM analyses revealed that school connectedness mediated the effect of physical activity on subjective well-being. Moreover, resilience moderated both the direct and indirect effects of physical activity (through school connectedness) on subjective well-being. Finally, the multi-group comparison revealed a moderating effect of parental absence on the moderated mediation model. LIMITATIONS: This study is a cross-sectional survey, so inference of causal associations among the study variables is impossible.
conclusionsHealthy lifestyle behaviors, school-supportive settings, and positive individual development assets can enhance the subjective well-being of adolescents in southwest China, especially those whose parents were absent. Physical activity interventions informed by the PYD framework should be incorporated into public health programs designed to foster the physical and mental health of left-behind adolescents in southwest China.
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