ArticlePreventive medicine reports2025
Effects of physical exercise on negative emotions in adolescents: Sequential mediation through psychological benefits and social self-efficacy.
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- Sports Emotional Intelligence and Exercise Adherence in Adolescents: The Chain Mediating Role of Exercise Enjoyment and Exercise Identity.Journal of Intelligence · 2026Article
- Physical Activity, Sleep Quality, Physical Fitness, and Academic Performance as Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Primary and Secondary School Students from the Canary Islands.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Temporal relationship between physical activity, social anxiety, and internet addiction among adolescents: a cross-lagged analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Physical exercise and adolescent negative emotions: indirect associations via stress perception and emotional sensitivity.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The impact of negative life events on internalizing problems in adolescents: the chain mediating effects of physical activity and emotional competence.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Effect of physical exercise on mental health risks among Chinese left-behind children: chained mediating roles of regulatory emotional self-efficacy and psychological sense of school membership.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Can middle school students counteract academic burnout through physical exercise? A cross-sectional study from China.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Impact of physical activity on Chinese college students' "going into the world" psychology: chain mediating effects of hardiness and positive academic emotions.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: Negative emotions during adolescence constitute a significant public health challenge requiring theoretically-grounded intervention approaches. This investigation examined sequential mediation mechanisms whereby physical exercise influences adolescent negative emotions through psychological benefits and social self-efficacy pathways, integrating neurobiological and social-cognitive theoretical frameworks. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of 1471 Chinese adolescents (Mean age = 13.16 years) from Guangxi, China, with data collected in September 2024, employed structural equation modeling with bias-corrected bootstrapping to test hypothesized sequential mediation pathways. Physical exercise, psychological benefits, social self-efficacy, and negative emotions were assessed using validated instruments. Results: The sequential mediation model showed acceptable fit (χ Conclusions: Findings demonstrate that exercise influences adolescent negative emotions through both direct neurobiological mechanisms (31.7 % of total effect) and sequential psychological adaptation processes (68.3 % of total effect). Programs that enhance perceived psychological gains from exercise and build social efficacy may deliver meaningful emotional benefits.
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