ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2023
The Relationship between Physical Exercise and Smartphone Addiction among Chinese College Students: The Mediating Effect of Core Self-Evaluation.
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- The Impact of Different Sports on Reducing Mobile Phone Addiction: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Addiction biology · 2025Pooled it
- The mediating role of self-control between physical activity and mobile phone addiction in adolescents: a meta-analytic structural equation modeling approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- The impact of a growth mindset on adolescents' health risk behaviors: the chain mediating role of core self-evaluation and coping style.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship among college students' mobile phone addiction, bedtime procrastination, and physical activity: a cross-lagged study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The interrelationship among physical activity, smartphone addiction, loneliness, and sport motivation in Chinese college students: a cross-sectional network analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 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
- The association between passive social media use and personal growth initiative: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Smartphone addiction and self-esteem among university students: a moderated mediation and latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Predicting college students' exercise dependence: a machine learning approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Association between physical exercise and innovative behavior among university students: the mediating role of learning engagement.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Mobile Phone Addiction in College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Brain in the Age of Smartphones and the Internet: The Possible Protective Role of Sport.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Effects of core self-evaluation on tobacco and alcohol use among left-behind children: mediating role of fear of missing out and moderating role of parental migration category and gender.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The relationship between mobile phone addiction and physical activity behavior among university students: the mediating role of bedtime procrastination.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Mobile phone dependency and adolescent exercise participation: a CB-SEM and fsQCA study on the roles of self-control, time management, and health awareness.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- A cross-sectional study on the impact of physical exercise on mobile phone addiction: the chain mediating role of perceived stress and self-acceptance.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Negative life events and problematic smartphone use among university students: the mediating role of self-efficacy and the moderating role of physical activity.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The indirect effects of smartphone addiction on accidental injuries: a cross-sectional study among medical college students.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Reflections of digital slavery in physical inactivity: examining gender-based physical activity attitudes and smartphone addiction among university students.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Smartphone addiction is widespread among college students. Physical exercise and core self-evaluation are two potential factors that may influence smartphone addiction. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical exercise and college students' smartphone addiction, as well as the mediating effect of core self-evaluation. Here, 643 undergraduate university students are surveyed via questionnaire using the Physical Activity Rating Scale, the Smartphone Addiction Scale for College Students, and the Core Self-Evaluations Scale. The participants include 363 males (56.5%) and 280 females (43.5%), with ages ranging from 17 to 25 years old (mean = 19.68, SD = 1.40). The obtained data are analyzed using SPSS26.0 and the PROCESS plugins. The main findings of the study are as follows: (1) There is a significant negative correlation between physical exercise and smartphone addiction (r = -0.30,
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