Chen Yonghuan, Fang Ning, Zhu Yulong, Li Zhenyu, Zhu Qiuhan
School of Physical Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Department of Marine Sports, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Front Psychol. 2024 Jul 31;15:1448827. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1448827. eCollection 2024.
This study aims to investigate whether exercise adherence and positive mental character significantly affect subjective well-being among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether positive mental character plays a mediating role.
The study employed questionnaires, including the Exercise Adherence Scale, the Positive Mental Character Scale, and the Subjective Well-Being Scale, which were administered to students across seven universities in Henan Province, China. A total of 1,001 participants were analyzed in the final sample. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0 for descriptive statistics, independent samples T-test, correlation, and regression analyses. Furthermore, structural equation model with AMOS was conducted to examine the potential mediating effect of positive mental characteristics on the relationship between exercise adherence and subjective well-being.
The results indicated significant differences in exercise adherence, positive mental character, and subjective well-being between male and female participants, with males scoring higher in all three domains. Among Chinese university students during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant correlation among exercise adherence, positive mental character, and subjective well-being. Exercise adherence was found to have a significant and positive impact on both positive mental character and subjective well-being. Additionally, it was found that positive mental character had a significant positive association with subjective well-being. The mediating role of positive mental character in the relationship between exercise adherence and subjective well-being was partially supported.
Exercise adherence among Chinese college students had a significant positive association on both positive mental character and subjective well-being throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The exercise adherence can directly or indirectly enhance subjective well-being through its association with positive mental character. Therefore, positive mental and subjective well-being can be enhanced by consistent physical activity even during a pandemic.
本研究旨在调查在新冠疫情期间，运动坚持性和积极心理特质是否会显著影响中国大学生的主观幸福感，以及积极心理特质是否起到中介作用。
本研究采用问卷调查法，使用运动坚持性量表、积极心理特质量表和主观幸福感量表，对中国河南省七所大学的学生进行施测。最终样本共纳入1001名参与者。使用SPSS 21.0进行数据分析，包括描述性统计、独立样本t检验、相关性分析和回归分析。此外，使用AMOS构建结构方程模型，以检验积极心理特质在运动坚持性与主观幸福感之间关系中的潜在中介作用。
结果表明，男性和女性参与者在运动坚持性、积极心理特质和主观幸福感方面存在显著差异，男性在所有三个方面的得分均更高。在新冠疫情期间的中国大学生中，运动坚持性、积极心理特质和主观幸福感之间存在显著相关性。研究发现，运动坚持性对积极心理特质和主观幸福感均有显著的正向影响。此外，积极心理特质与主观幸福感之间存在显著的正相关。积极心理特质在运动坚持性与主观幸福感之间关系中的中介作用得到部分支持。
在整个新冠疫情期间，中国大学生的运动坚持性对积极心理特质和主观幸福感均有显著的正向关联。运动坚持性可以通过与积极心理特质的关联直接或间接地提高主观幸福感。因此，即使在疫情期间，持续的体育活动也可以增强积极心理和主观幸福感。
