Jiang Yueyan, Liu Chong, Yan Jun, Wang Lingzhi
Yangzhou Polytechnic Institute, Yangzhou city, Jiangsu Province, China.
College of Physical Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China.
Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 12;15(1):25277. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-10011-3.
To examine the nonlinear effects of adolescent self-control on mental health and investigate the mediating role of school adaptation and the moderating role of physical activity, we conducted psychological measurements on 2077 high school students from eight different schools using a psychological scale. The results revealed a U-shaped relationship between adolescent self-control and their mental health and school adaptation, with school adaptation mediating this relationship. Furthermore, physical activity was identified as a regulator of the indirect effects of self-control on mental health through school adaptation. This suggests that adolescents sometimes need to balance their focus between internal self-control and external adaptation strategies to succeed in school. This balancing act can lead to an overuse of self-control resources, resulting in "excessive adaptation," which negatively impacts their mental health. However, physical activity can help mitigate these negative effects by moderating the relationship between school adaptation and mental health. The study underscores the importance of balancing self-control and school adaptation in adolescents. It recommends that educators incorporate physical activity into routines to help maintain adolescents' mental health.
为了考察青少年自我控制对心理健康的非线性影响，并探究学校适应的中介作用以及体育活动的调节作用，我们使用心理量表对来自八所不同学校的2077名高中生进行了心理测量。结果显示，青少年自我控制与他们的心理健康及学校适应之间呈U型关系，学校适应在这一关系中起中介作用。此外，体育活动被确定为自我控制通过学校适应对心理健康产生间接影响的调节因素。这表明，青少年有时需要在内部自我控制和外部适应策略之间平衡注意力，以便在学校取得成功。这种平衡行为可能导致自我控制资源的过度使用，从而产生“过度适应”，对他们的心理健康产生负面影响。然而，体育活动可以通过调节学校适应与心理健康之间的关系来帮助减轻这些负面影响。该研究强调了在青少年中平衡自我控制和学校适应的重要性。它建议教育工作者将体育活动纳入日常活动中，以帮助维护青少年的心理健康。
