Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Department of Health and Physical Education, Education University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 1;18(7):3661. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073661.
The association between physical activity in achieving mental health benefits and subjective well-being is consistently identified by empirical research. The causation of a positive self-concept created by physical exercise is empirically supported by Sonstroem and Morgan's (1988) exercise and self-esteem model (EXSEM). However, various drawbacks of maintaining high self-esteem have been identified; thus, the concept of self-compassion was conjectured to be a form of "true self-esteem." Hence, the current study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical activity and self-compassion by examining the exercise and self-esteem model revised with self-compassion (EXSEM-SC). This study recruited secondary school students from Hong Kong using convenience sampling. The structural equation modeling (SEM) approach, including path analysis and multiple indicators, multiple causes (MIMIC) modeling, were used to reveal the results of the study. The results ( = 1097) indicated that the relationship between physical activity and self-compassion could be demonstrated by the EXSEM-SC, with a satisfactory goodness-of-fit index in the SEMs. The SEM also demonstrated the direct paths from physical activity to self-compassion and mental well-being, indicating the significant effect of physical activity on self-compassion.
体力活动与心理健康效益和主观幸福感之间的关系一直是实证研究确定的。实证研究支持 Sonstroem 和 Morgan（1988 年）的锻炼与自尊模型（EXSEM），认为体育锻炼所产生的积极的自我概念是有因果关系的。然而，人们已经发现保持高自尊有各种缺点；因此，人们推测自我同情的概念是一种“真正的自尊”。因此，本研究旨在通过考察修订后的包含自我同情的锻炼与自尊模型（EXSEM-SC）来探讨体力活动与自我同情之间的关系。本研究采用方便抽样法从香港招募中学生。结构方程建模（SEM）方法，包括路径分析和多指标、多原因（MIMIC）建模，用于揭示研究结果。结果（n=1097）表明，EXSEM-SC 可以证明体力活动与自我同情之间的关系，在 SEM 中具有令人满意的拟合优度指数。SEM 还表明了体力活动与自我同情和心理健康之间的直接路径，表明体力活动对自我同情有显著影响。
