ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Physical Activity and Subjective Vitality in Female University Students: The Mediating Role of Decisional Balance and Enjoyment of the Activity.
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- Enjoyment as a motivational driver of sport continuation: a moderated mediation model of engagement and social support.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Physical activity barriers, nutrition, motivation, and body composition in university students.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Individual vitality changes over 20 years among aging adults, using predefined and data-driven patterns: the Doetinchem Cohort Study.European journal of ageing · 2025Article
- Playful work design and thriving in academia: the mediating role of work-related flow.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Relationship between psychological empowerment, physical activity enjoyment, and response to a HIIT Program in physically inactive young women: a prospective multicentre study.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Impact of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Basal Metabolic Rate on PTSD, Depression, and Emotional Instability.Brain sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Regular physical activity (PA) improves the psychological well-being of those who practice it. However, female university students are a risk group due to their low level of PA. Based on the transtheoretical model of behavioural change, the main aim of this study was to examine whether the relationship between PA and subjective vitality was mediated by cognitive-emotional variables such as decisional balance (perceived benefits and barriers) and enjoyment associated with PA in a group of female university students. Participants were asked to complete self-administered questionnaires, which were available for one month via a Google Form. The results showed the existence of a statistically significant, relative, and indirect effect between the stage of change and subjective vitality via both mediating variables. Compared to females in the pre-contemplation stage, those in the action and maintenance stages achieved higher subjective vitality scores as a result of the effect of being in a more advanced stage on decisional balance and enjoyment of PA. It is concluded that female university students who reported regular PA found the activity to be more revitalising, stimulating, and exciting; all positive feelings and cognitions that translated into a more energetic and vital perception of themselves.
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