School of Sports Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China.
Department of Sports, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China.
Front Public Health. 2024 Oct 22;12:1470624. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1470624. eCollection 2024.
With the continuous development of society and the economy, population aging has become an inevitable global development trend, triggering a series of social problems and having a more serious impact on the physical and mental health of middle-aged and older adults. Physical exercise is one of the key factors for improving the overall health and quality of life of individuals, but the role of square dance exercise and the quality of life of middle-aged and older adults have not yet been clarified.
This study aimed to investigate the associations between square dance exercise and the quality of life of middle-aged and older adults and its mechanism of action, including its effects on physical health and mental health, with negative emotions and attitudes towards aging as mediating variables.
This study adopted a cross-sectional research method, using the Physical Activity Rating Scale (PARS-3), Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale in Simplified Chinese (DASS-21), Attitudes toward Aging Questionnaire (AAQ), and 12-item Short Form of the Health Survey (SF-12), and launched an online survey on the QuestionStar platform from August-September 2023 for 4,636 middle and older adults aged 45-74 years. The survey results were analyzed via Pearson correlation analysis via SPSS 27.0 and structural equation modeling analysis via Mplus 8.3 to test the model fit and mediation effects.
Square dance exercise was significantly correlated with negative emotions, attitudes towards aging, and quality of life ( = -0.042-0.878, < 0.01). Square dance exercise significantly and positively predicted quality of life ( = 0. 202, < 0.001). Negative emotions and attitudes towards aging are chain mediators of square dance exercise and quality of life, and the mediation consists of three pathways: separate mediation of negative emotions, separate mediation of attitudes towards aging, and chain mediation of negative emotions-attitudes towards aging.
This study is dedicated to deepening the scientific role of how square dancing, as a health-promoting activity, can optimize the quality of life of middle-aged and older adults through the mediating mechanism of negative emotion alleviation and positive attitudes towards aging and then optimize the quality of life of middle-aged and older adults. This process not only enriches the theoretical framework of the complex interactions between psychosocial factors and healthy aging but also provides a solid empirical foundation for the development of health intervention strategies aimed at enhancing the overall well-being and quality of life of the middle-aged and older adults.
随着社会经济的不断发展，人口老龄化已成为全球不可避免的发展趋势，由此引发了一系列社会问题，对中老年人群的身心健康产生了更为严重的影响。体育锻炼是提高个体身心健康和生活质量的关键因素之一，但广场舞运动与中老年人群生活质量的关系尚未明确。
本研究旨在探讨广场舞运动与中老年人群生活质量之间的关系及其作用机制，包括其对身心健康的影响，以负面情绪和衰老态度为中介变量。
本研究采用横断面研究方法，使用体力活动等级量表（PARS-3）、简化中文版抑郁-焦虑-压力量表（DASS-21）、衰老态度问卷（AAQ）和 12 项健康调查简表（SF-12），于 2023 年 8-9 月在 QuestionStar 平台上对 4636 名 45-74 岁的中老年人群进行了在线调查。采用 SPSS 27.0 进行 Pearson 相关分析，采用 Mplus 8.3 进行结构方程模型分析，以检验模型拟合度和中介效应。
广场舞运动与负面情绪、衰老态度和生活质量呈显著负相关（ = -0.042-0.878， < 0.01）。广场舞运动显著正向预测生活质量（ = 0.202， < 0.001）。负面情绪和衰老态度是广场舞运动和生活质量的链式中介，中介包括三条路径：负面情绪的单独中介、衰老态度的单独中介和负面情绪-衰老态度的链式中介。
本研究旨在深化广场舞作为促进健康活动如何通过减轻负面情绪和积极的衰老态度的中介机制优化中老年人群生活质量，进而优化中老年人群生活质量的科学作用。这一过程不仅丰富了社会心理因素与健康老龄化之间复杂相互作用的理论框架，还为制定旨在增强中老年人群整体幸福感和生活质量的健康干预策略提供了坚实的实证基础。
