ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
Exploring how cognitive-behavioral physical activity links ruminative thinking and mental wellbeing in sports high school adolescents.
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- Motivational climate in school sport and adolescent mental health: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of physical activity on rumination: a chain mediation model of executive function and metacognitive dysfunction and the examination of suppression effects.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- From body shaping to character formation: international research progress and mechanisms of exercise training interventions for juvenile delinquency.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Physical activity relates to adolescent social anxiety: evidence from a structural equation model involving resilience and self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Exercise intervention for rumination: from neural mechanisms to clinical applications.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Exercise and Adolescent Flourishing: A Gender-Specific Chain Mediation Model Involving Mindfulness and Rumination.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
- The effect of physical exercise on negative emotions in college students-chain mediating role of flourishing and rumination.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The effect of attention on wellbeing in combat sport athletes: the mediating role of competitive anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Exercise, addiction and motivation: the development of a motivation scale in extreme sports as a sport of challenge with nature.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: This study examined the associations among ruminative thinking style (RTS), subjective wellbeing (SWB), and cognitive-behavioral physical activity (CBPA) in a sample of 1,326 adolescents (aged 14-18) from sports high schools. Method: Using validated self-report measures, data were analyzed through bootstrapped mediation models. Results: RTS was negatively associated with SWB (β = -0.1792, Discussion: These results suggest that cognitive-behavioral orientations toward physical activity may buffer the negative impact of rumination on wellbeing. Consistent with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) principles, CBPA could provide adolescents with self-regulatory strategies that support mental health. However, the cross-sectional and self-report design, as well as the focus on sports high school students, limit causal inference and generalizability. Future longitudinal and cross-cultural studies are needed to confirm these findings. Overall, the study provides preliminary evidence that CBPA-informed approaches may hold promise for promoting adolescents' mental wellbeing.
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