Zheng Wanting, Wang Wenzi, Zhou Chenglin, Zhang Bin
School of Psychology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
Key Laboratory of Sports Cognition Assessment and Regulation, General Administration of Sport of China, Beijing, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jul 15;16:1618503. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1618503. eCollection 2025.
Psychological qualities issues among adolescents are increasingly prominent, and effective interventions are urgently needed. Campus Football Activities has shown potential in improving Psychological qualities, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
This study aimed to explore the impact of campus football activities on adolescents' psychological qualities, along with the underlying mechanisms and pathways involved, and further examines the effects of an 8-week campus football program on adolescents' psychological qualities.
First, an 8-week campus football intervention was conducted on 68 Chinese adolescents aged 16-18 years [mean age 16.865 years (standard deviation 0.636)] to explore the impact of campus football on adolescents' psychological qualities. Then, a cross-sectional survey was carried out on 431 adolescents from Chinese high school. The mean age of study participants varied from 16 to 18 years [mean 16.865 (0.816)]. The Sport Behavior Scale, Sport Cognitive Level Psychological Assessment Scale, Trait Sport Confidence Scale, and Adolescent Willpower Quality Scale were used to construct a structural equation model. This model revealed the effects of campus football on promoting adolescents' sports behavior, sports cognitive levels, confidence in sports, and willpower qualities, as well as their internal relationships.
Significant differences in campus football behaviors, sports cognitive levels, sports self-confidence, and willpower qualities existed among adolescents following campus football activities. Furthermore, the direct effect of campus football behaviors on willpower qualities was significant. The mediating and chain mediating effects of sports cognitive levels, sports self-confidence, and the combination of sports cognitive levels and sports self-confidence between campus football behaviors and willpower qualities were also significant.
Campus football activities can enhance adolescents' psychological qualities across: sports behaviors, sports cognitive levels, sports self-confidence, and willpower qualities. The internal action pathway is that campus football behaviors directly influence willpower qualities, and also improve willpower qualities through the respective mediating effects and joint chain mediating effect of sports cognitive levels and sports self-confidence.
青少年心理素质问题日益突出，迫切需要有效的干预措施。校园足球活动在改善青少年心理素质方面已显示出潜力，但其潜在机制尚不清楚。
本研究旨在探讨校园足球活动对青少年心理素质的影响及其潜在机制和途径，并进一步考察为期8周的校园足球项目对青少年心理素质的影响。
首先，对68名16 - 18岁的中国青少年（平均年龄16.865岁，标准差0.636）进行为期8周的校园足球干预，以探讨校园足球对青少年心理素质的影响。然后，对431名中国高中生进行横断面调查。研究参与者的平均年龄在16至18岁之间（平均16.865岁，标准差0.816）。使用运动行为量表、运动认知水平心理评估量表、特质运动自信量表和青少年意志力质量量表构建结构方程模型。该模型揭示了校园足球对促进青少年运动行为、运动认知水平、运动自信心和意志力质量的影响及其内部关系。
参与校园足球活动后，青少年在校园足球行为、运动认知水平、运动自信心和意志力质量方面存在显著差异。此外，校园足球行为对意志力质量的直接影响显著。运动认知水平、运动自信心以及运动认知水平与运动自信心的组合在校园足球行为和意志力质量之间的中介作用和链式中介作用也显著。
校园足球活动可以从运动行为、运动认知水平、运动自信心和意志力质量等方面提高青少年的心理素质。其内部作用途径是校园足球行为直接影响意志力质量，同时也通过运动认知水平和运动自信心各自的中介作用以及联合链式中介作用提高意志力质量。
