Congsheng Lu, Kayani Sumaira, Khalid Amna
School of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Haian Senior School of Jiangsu Province, Nantong, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Sep 2;13:917503. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.917503. eCollection 2022.
Physical activity (PA) and sports are extremely essential elements for physical and mental health among adolescents. Around 30% of 16 years old and above in Malaysia have mental health issues. For this purpose, 512 university students from Malaysia were surveyed through social media, with 74% response rate. Structural equation model partial least square (SEM-PLS) was used to examine the effect of PA and sports on mental health. The results revealed that both PA ( = 0.402, < 0.001) and sports ( = 0.330, < 0.001) significantly predict mental health among university students. The model explained 35.8% variance in mental health. The study suggests that PA and sports activity need to be promoted among university students to control prevailing mental health issues in adolescents.
体育活动（PA）和运动对于青少年的身心健康极为重要。马来西亚约30%的16岁及以上青少年存在心理健康问题。为此，通过社交媒体对512名马来西亚大学生进行了调查，回复率为74%。采用结构方程模型偏最小二乘法（SEM-PLS）来检验体育活动和运动对心理健康的影响。结果显示，体育活动（β = 0.402，p < 0.001）和运动（β = 0.330，p < 0.001）均能显著预测大学生的心理健康。该模型解释了心理健康中35.8%的方差变异。研究表明，需要在大学生中推广体育活动和运动，以控制青少年中普遍存在的心理健康问题。
