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A chain-mediated model of the effect of physical exercise on loneliness.
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- Physical exercise and loneliness in higher education: a national study of Norwegian students.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Within-person reciprocal associations among physical activity, loneliness, and social anxiety in adolescence.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Physical activity and depressive symptoms in young adults: a moderated mediation model of neighborhood trust and growth mindset.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Psychosocial mechanisms of sustained learning engagement in university Tai Chi courses: a qualitative study of teacher-peer dual-support synergy and learning pathways.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Social Challenges on University Campuses: How Does Physical Activity Affect Social Anxiety? The Dual Roles of Loneliness and Gender.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring the interrelationship between myopia, psychological resilience, and emotion regulation in adolescents using a network analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Psychological and technological predictors of the physical activity intention-behavior gap: an explainable machine learning analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Effects of physical activity on academic burnout among rural left-behind children in China: the chain-mediated roles of loneliness and general self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The influence of interpersonal relationships on college students' physical activity: chain-mediated effects of social support and exercise motivation.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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The physical and mental health development of college students has gradually become an important topic of social concern. The academic community focuses on different ways of physical exercise to improve the mental health of college students. On the basis of sports psychology, this paper discusses the interaction mechanism between physical activity and social support, interpersonal relationship quality and loneliness of college students, that is, physical and mental health effects of physical activities to promote the psychological level of college students. By random sampling, 784 college students were investigated and analyzed with physical exercise scale, loneliness scale, interpersonal relationship scale and social support scale, based on the general characteristics of the demographics variables, and through the analysis of multiple regression path model, this paper further explored the mechanism of the effects of physical activity, social support, loneliness and interpersonal relationship quality of college students. The results showed that physical exercise had a negative predictive effect on loneliness(β = - 0.246, p<0.01) and a positive predictive effect on interpersonal relationship quality and social support(β = 0.186, p<0.01; β = 0.156, p<0.01).In addition, social support and interpersonal relationship quality play a mediating role between physical exercise and loneliness, including three mediating paths, namely, social support and interpersonal relationship quality play an independent mediating role, the link mediating effect of social support and interpersonal relationship quality. According to the theory of psychological needs, the results show that physical exercise has an indirect effect on loneliness of college students through the chain mediating effect of interpersonal relationship quality and social support. College students can improve the level of social support and the quality of interpersonal relationships, and reduce the sense of loneliness.
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