School of Sports Training, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu, China.
Front Public Health. 2024 Oct 3;12:1453892. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1453892. eCollection 2024.
To explore the functions that physical activity (PA), life satisfaction, and self-efficacy have in the process of coping with anxiety among Chinese college students, and to explore the mediating role of life satisfaction and self-efficacy in this process.
Participants were 358 college students (186 males, 172 females, mean age 20.88, SD = ±1.80). Psychosocial tests including the Physical Activity Rating Scale (PARS-3), College Student Life Satisfaction Scale (CSLSS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) were completed. Correlations between variables were calculated using Pearson's test. The mediation model was tested using the SPSS 26.0 PROCESS macro and regression bootstrap.
Physical activity showed a negative correlation with anxiety ( = -0.1617, , life satisfaction and self-efficacy played a role in the relationship between physical activity and anxiety. More importantly, physical activity was associated with anxiety through parallel mediating effects of life satisfaction and self-efficacy, with a total mediating effect of 55.34%.
By increasing college students' participation in physical activity, it helps to promote the growth of their life satisfaction and self-efficacy, which is the key to reducing anxiety and promoting college students' mental health.
探讨身体活动（PA）、生活满意度和自我效能感在应对中国大学生焦虑过程中的作用，并探讨生活满意度和自我效能感在这一过程中的中介作用。
参与者为 358 名大学生（男性 186 名，女性 172 名，平均年龄 20.88±1.80 岁）。采用身体活动评定量表（PARS-3）、大学生生活满意度量表（CSLSS）、一般自我效能感量表（GSES）和广泛性焦虑障碍量表（GAD-7）进行心理社会测试。使用 Pearson 检验计算变量之间的相关性。使用 SPSS 26.0 PROCESS 宏和回归引导程序测试中介模型。
身体活动与焦虑呈负相关（ = -0.1617， ，生活满意度和自我效能感在身体活动与焦虑之间的关系中起作用。更重要的是，身体活动通过生活满意度和自我效能感的平行中介效应与焦虑相关，总中介效应为 55.34%。
通过增加大学生参与身体活动，可以促进他们的生活满意度和自我效能感的增长，这是减轻焦虑和促进大学生心理健康的关键。
