ArticleFrontiers in public health2026
Associations between exercise motivation and self-efficacy through leisure satisfaction and psychological resilience in college students: a PLS-SEM study.
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Objective: Growing concern has emerged regarding the mental health of young adults, particularly within university settings where academic and psychosocial pressures are prominent. Exercise motivation (EM), conceptualized within self-determination theory (SDT), especially intrinsic and identified regulation, has been associated with psychological well-being. However, the structural associations among exercise motivation (EM), leisure satisfaction (LS), psychological resilience (PR), and self-efficacy (SE) in young adults remain insufficiently clarified. Methods: This cross-sectional study examined these associations in a sample of 437 university students aged 18-23 years in China. Data were collected through validated self-report instruments and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Results: The results indicated that exercise motivation was positively associated with leisure satisfaction (β = 0.794, Conclusion: These findings indicate that exercise motivation is statistically associated with psychological resources among young adults. Although causal inferences cannot be drawn due to the cross-sectional design, the study contributes to understanding motivational processes within the SDT framework and provides directions for future longitudinal research.
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