ArticleBMC psychology2025
The effects of physical activity on social physique anxiety in college students-the mediating and moderating role of mental toughness and negative physical self.
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Abstract
purposeTo examine the effects of physical activity on college students' social physique anxiety and the mediating and moderating roles of negative physical self and mental toughness in it, and to provide empirical evidence that physical activity improves college students' social physique anxiety.
methodsStratified whole cluster convenience sampling was used to survey 1177 university students, 53.8% male and 46.2% female, with a mean age of (19.12 ± 1.21) years. Mediated and moderated effects were analysed using SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 28.0.
results(1) Physical activity negatively predicted social physique anxiety (2) Negative physical self and mental toughness (individual power) played a significant partial mediating role between physical activity and social physique anxiety, with mediating effects accounting for 40.09% and 27.11% of the total effect, respectively; (3) The R
conclusionPhysical activity affects college students' levels of social physique anxiety through negative physical self and mental toughness (individual power); the effect of physical activity on social physique anxiety is negatively moderated by the family support dimension of mental toughness (supporting force).
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