ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
Influence of physical activity and mobile phone addiction tendency on depression among Chinese undergraduates.
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- A systematic review of gender differences in the relationship between problematic smartphone use and depression.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Gender differences in smartphone addiction, physical activity, and quality of life: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- More active, less aggressive! Understanding how physical activity reduces aggressive behavior among Chinese adolescents: a three-wave mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: This study explored the influence of physical activity (PA) and mobile phone addiction tendency (MPAT) on depression among Chinese undergraduate students, testing the mediating effect of MPAT and the moderating effect of gender. Methods: The International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), the Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale (MPATS), and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD-S) were administered to 2,121 Chinese undergraduates (46.25% male, aged 19.74 ± 1.822 years) from 10 public and private colleges and universities. Analyses on the mediating effects of mobile phone addiction tendency and the moderating effects of gender were conducted using the PROCESS macro (Version 3.5). Results: There was a significant gender difference in undergraduates' PA ( Conclusion: The conclusions corroborate and clarify that MPAT partially mediated the association between PA and depression, and the mediation effects were moderated via gender. This indicates that increasing undergraduates' PA level could effectively avoid MPAT and thus alleviate their depression. Although caution needs to be taken when inferring causal relationships in a cross-sectional design, the present study advances understanding of how undergraduates' PA was related to depression. It also illustrates that educators and parents should pay more attention to undergraduates' PA.
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