ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
An avoidance trap? Within-person dynamics between social interaction anxiety and the tendency to avoid physical activity and sport among Chinese university students: a four-wave random-intercept cross-lagged panel study.
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Physical activity and sport settings may become socially threatening when students anticipate negative evaluation of their bodies, competence, or behavior. Yet it remains unclear whether social interaction anxiety precedes exercise-related avoidance and whether such avoidance, in turn, precedes later anxiety. This study examined reciprocal longitudinal associations at both the between- and within-person levels between social interaction anxiety (SIA) and the tendency to avoid physical activity and sport (TAPAS), assessed with a 10-item self-report scale. A baseline cohort of 1,676 university students aged 18 years or older from nine universities in Sichuan Province, China, completed four assessments approximately 12 weeks apart during the 2024-2025 academic year. A random-intercept cross-lagged panel model separated stable between-person differences from time-specific within-person deviations, and longitudinal scalar invariance was supported for both measures. At the between-person level, higher average SIA was associated with higher average TAPAS (
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