ArticleBMC psychology2025
The impact of appreciating social support on college students' gratefulness: the chain mediating role of physical exercise and sense of meaning in life.
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- Associations Among Physical Exercise, Social Support, and Meaning in Life in College Students: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Physical Activity, Social Support, and Life Satisfaction Among Female College Students: A Variable- and Person-Centered Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The relationship between school belonging and college students' mental health: a chain mediation model involving physical exercise and a growth mindset.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The effect of trait mindfulness on rumination in college students: the mediating role of physical exercise behavior and optimistic intelligence quotient.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Positive parenting styles and meaning in life in physical education teacher students: a chain mediation of physical activity and smartphone addiction.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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objectiveTo explore the mechanism of the impact of appreciating social support on college students' physical exercise and to analyze the chain-mediated effect between physical exercise and the sense of meaning in life.
methodsA questionnaire survey was conducted on 1073 Chinese university students using the Appreciative Social Support Scale, Gratefulness Scale, Physical Exercise Rating Scale, and Sense of Meaning in Life Scale. Among them, 503 were male college students and 570 were female college students. (The mean age of the subjects was 19.21 ± 1.02 years).
results(1) There is a significant correlation between appreciated social support, physical exercise, sense of meaning in life, and gratefulness; (2) appreciated social support significantly and positively predicts physical exercise, sense of meaning in life, and gratefulness; (3) appreciated social support has both a significant direct and an indirect effect on college students' gratefulness.
conclusionAppreciating social support can significantly predict college students' gratefulness through the independent mediating effects of physical exercise and sense of meaning in life and through the chain mediating effects of physical exercise and sense of meaning in life. These results provide theoretical references for improving college students' gratefulness level and mental health education.These results provide theoretical references for improving college students' gratefulness level and mental health education.
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