ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
Effects of physical exercise on physical and mental health-based on the test of mediation and moderation effect.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Relocation for a better life? A longitudinal study of informal social participation and life satisfaction of older adults relocated for poverty alleviation in China.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Study on the impact of multiple factors on 4-year physical fitness test results of undergraduate students at a Chinese comprehensive university: based on the mediating role of exercise habits.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Introduction: Health is not only a personal issue but also a social issue. China's 13th Five-Year Plan proposes to "develop sports, promote fitness for all, and enhance people's physical fitness." In previous studies, scholars have examined the effects of physical exercise on physical and mental health. However, there is currently a paucity of research exploring the underlying mechanisms through which physical exercise impacts mental and physical health. Methods: In this study, 9,954 sample data points from the 2018 China Labor Force Dynamics data were selected to verify the relationship between physical exercise, life satisfaction, and physical and mental health using Ordinary Least Squares regression. The Karlson-Holm-Breen method was used to test the mediating effect of life satisfaction in the effect of physical exercise on residents' physical and mental health, and an interaction term was used to test the moderating effect of social class in the effect of physical exercise on residents' physical and mental health. Results: We obtained four conclusions: first, there is a significant positive correlation between physical exercise and residents' physical and mental health. Second, life satisfaction partially mediated the effects of physical exercise on residents' physical and mental health, with indirect effects of 13.99 and 25.64%, respectively. Third, social class played a negative moderating role in the effects of physical exercise on residents' physical health ( Conclusion: This study reveals a new mechanism by which physical exercise affects residents' physical and mental health through life satisfaction, and further explores the moderating role of social class, with conclusions similar to the resource substitution theory. In theory, it expands the application of resource substitution theory in the field of health research. In practice, it provides a basis for the government to continue to develop sports and promote health for all so as to better promote people's health and equality. This study innovatively introduces a dual-path model integrating life satisfaction as a mediator and social class as a moderator to reveal the mechanisms by which physical exercise affects health. By examining urban-rural differences, it further highlights structural inequalities in health promotion.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.