Zhang Yunqi, Ren Menghao, Zou Shengqi
Faculty of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
School of Education and Psychology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Jul 29;13:930253. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.930253. eCollection 2022.
This study examined the effect of physical exercise on the life satisfaction among college students. On the basis of the Basic Psychological Need Theory, the mediating roles of competence and relatedness needs satisfaction and their differences among college students in physical education (PE) majors and non-PE majors were explored. The sample included 1,012 college students who were selected to participate in an online survey. Major findings were as follows: (1) The total effect of physical exercise commitment on college students' life satisfaction was marginally significant while that of physical exercise adherence was not significant; (2) The effect of physical exercise commitment was observed exclusively through the mediating role of relatedness need satisfaction, while that of physical exercise adherence was through both competence and relatedness needs satisfaction; (3) In terms of differences caused by major, only one mediation path, that was, physical exercise → competence need satisfaction → college students's life satisfaction was significant among PE majors. This study thus enriched the empirical research on the benefits of physical exercise to individual mental health, highlighted the particularity of college students majoring in PE, and provided targeted and sensible suggestions for the design of physical exercise intervention programs.
本研究考察了体育锻炼对大学生生活满意度的影响。基于基本心理需求理论，探讨了能力和关系需求满足的中介作用及其在体育专业和非体育专业大学生中的差异。样本包括1012名被选中参与在线调查的大学生。主要研究结果如下：（1）体育锻炼投入对大学生生活满意度的总效应边缘显著，而体育锻炼坚持的总效应不显著；（2）体育锻炼投入的效应仅通过关系需求满足的中介作用观察到，而体育锻炼坚持的效应则通过能力和关系需求满足两者来实现；（3）就专业造成的差异而言，在体育专业学生中，只有一条中介路径显著，即体育锻炼→能力需求满足→大学生生活满意度。本研究丰富了体育锻炼对个体心理健康益处的实证研究，突出了体育专业大学生的特殊性，并为体育锻炼干预方案的设计提供了有针对性且合理的建议。
