ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2026
The impact of sports participation on the social integration of China's migrant population: a serial mediation model of life satisfaction and subjective well-being.
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Background: Large-scale internal migration has become an important feature of China's urbanization, yet internal migrants often face challenges in social connection, community participation, and sense of belonging in destination cities. Although previous studies have linked sport participation with health, well-being, and social connection, less is known about how different forms of sport participation influence the social integration of internal migrants through psychological mechanisms. Objective: This study examined the influence of sports participation on the social integration of China's migrant population, focusing on the mediating roles of subjective well-being and life satisfaction, along with age-related differences. Methods: A sample of 1,660 migrants from the CGSS 2023 dataset was analyzed using Pearson correlation analysis and the PROCESS macro (Model 6) for SPSS to evaluate the serial mediation model. Additionally, heterogeneity analysis was performed across different age groups. Results: (a) Both physical exercise and sports spectatorship significantly and positively predicted social integration; (b) physical exercise enhanced social integration through the mediating effects of subjective well-being and life satisfaction; (c) sports spectatorship did not significantly predict subjective well-being or life satisfaction, and its indirect effect lacked consistent statistical support, indicating that the effect was primarily direct; (d) age-group analysis demonstrated that subjective well-being maintained relatively stable explanatory power in the relationship between physical exercise and social integration, while the indirect effect of spectatorship was statistically supported only in the older cohort. Conclusion: Participation in sports plays a significant role in promoting the social integration of migrant populations. However, the psychological mechanisms associated with various forms of participation exhibit distinct characteristics: engagement through physical exercise tends to be more stable, whereas the impact of spectatorship is influenced by age and specific contextual factors.
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