Li Changqing, Qu Sha, Ren Kai
College of Physical Education and Health Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, People's Republic of China.
College of Sport Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2024 Oct 28;17:3721-3729. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S477659. eCollection 2024.
Physical activity has been found to be negatively correlated with academic procrastination. However, the potential mediating variables in this relationship are not well understood. This study aimed to explore the mediating effects of self-esteem and depression in the relationship between physical activity and academic procrastination among Chinese undergraduate students.
A total of 1233 Chinese undergraduate students participated in the study. The unidimensionality of the self-esteem, depression, and academic procrastination was examined using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Serial mediation analysis was conducted using SPSS 25.0 macro-PROCESS 3.3 to examine whether self-esteem and depression jointly mediated the relationship between physical activity and academic procrastination.
Self-esteem, depression, and academic procrastination displayed a good-fit to the one-factor model. The results indicated that physical activity indirectly impact academic procrastination through three pathways: (1) self-esteem (β=-0.011, Boots 95% CI [-0.021, -0.001]), which accounted for of 12.09% of the total effect, (2) depression (β=-0.022, Boots 95% CI [-0.036, -0.009]), which accounted for 24.18% of the total effect, and (3) self-esteem and depression (β=-0.006, Boots 95% CI [-0.011, -0.002]), which accounted for 6.59% of the total effect. The total mediating effect was 42.86%.
These findings suggest that self-esteem and depression playing a mediating role in the relationship between physical activity and academic procrastination, respectively. Moreover, self-esteem and depression co-mediate this relationship through a serial pathway.
研究发现体育活动与学业拖延呈负相关。然而，这种关系中的潜在中介变量尚不清楚。本研究旨在探讨自尊和抑郁在中国本科生体育活动与学业拖延关系中的中介作用。
共有1233名中国本科生参与了本研究。使用验证性因子分析（CFA）检验自尊、抑郁和学业拖延的单维性。使用SPSS 25.0宏程序PROCESS 3.3进行系列中介分析，以检验自尊和抑郁是否共同中介体育活动与学业拖延之间的关系。
自尊、抑郁和学业拖延与单因素模型拟合良好。结果表明，体育活动通过三条途径间接影响学业拖延：（1）自尊（β=-0.011，Boots 95%CI[-0.021，-0.001]），占总效应的12.09%；（2）抑郁（β=-0.022，Boots 95%CI[-0.036，-0.009]），占总效应的24.18%；（3）自尊和抑郁（β=-0.006，Boots 95%CI[-0.011，-0.002]），占总效应的6.59%。总中介效应为42.86%。
这些发现表明，自尊和抑郁分别在体育活动与学业拖延的关系中起中介作用。此外，自尊和抑郁通过系列途径共同介导这种关系。
