ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
Positive parenting styles and meaning in life in physical education teacher students: a chain mediation of physical activity and smartphone addiction.
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Objective: This study aims to examine a chain mediation model, investigating whether positive parenting styles influence physical education teacher education students' meaning in life through sequential mediation of physical activity and smartphone addiction. Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed, recruiting Chinese physical education teacher education students as participants via stratified sampling. Standardized scales measured positive parenting styles, physical activity, smartphone addiction, and meaning in life. After controlling for demographic variables such as gender and grade level, chain mediation effects were tested using the Bootstrap method. Results: Positive parenting styles showed a significant positive association with meaning in life ( Conclusion: This study demonstrates that positive parenting styles are not only directly associated with a higher meaning in life but may also exert indirect effects by promoting physical activity (independent mediating path), reducing smartphone addiction (independent mediating path), and via the sequential path "physical activity → reduced smartphone addiction" (chain mediating path). The findings provide an integrated perspective for understanding the behavioral mechanisms through which family environments influence the psychological development and professional identity of physical education teacher education students. Future research should employ longitudinal designs to further validate the causal and temporal relationships among these variables.
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