Zhang Rujiang
College of Education and Sports Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
PLoS One. 2025 Sep 2;20(9):e0331463. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0331463. eCollection 2025.
With the increasing global attention on mental health issues, especially the psychological stress and life satisfaction problems faced by college students, it has become particularly important to explore how physical activity is associated with college students' psychological resilience and quality of life through psychological mechanisms. This study aims to examine the association between physical activity on college students' life satisfaction and psychological resilience, and to investigate the mediating roles of self-efficacy and perceived stress.
This study collected data from college students in several universities in China through online questionnaires, using the Body Self-Concept Questionnaire, Life Satisfaction Scale, the Chinese Revised Version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Perceived Stress Scale to measure each variable. A total of 560 undergraduate students from three universities participated in the survey, reporting on their physical activity, life satisfaction, psychological resilience, self-efficacy, and perceived stress.
The findings show that physical activity was significantly associated with higher life satisfaction (r = 0.439, p < 0.001) and psychological resilience (r = 0.521, p < 0.001). Both self-efficacy (95% CI = [0.138, 0.255] and [0.245, 0.399]) and perceived stress (95% CI = [0.013, 0.070] and [0.040, 0.134]) played significant mediating roles in these processes. Specifically, physical activity was linked to better mental health and quality of life through its association with higher self-efficacy and lower perceived stress.
This study validates the association between physical activity and improved college students' life satisfaction and psychological resilience and reveals the mediating mechanisms of self-efficacy and perceived stress. These findings provide a scientific basis for designing exercise and psychological intervention programs for college students, with important practical implications.
随着全球对心理健康问题的关注度不断提高，尤其是大学生面临的心理压力和生活满意度问题，通过心理机制探索体育活动与大学生心理韧性和生活质量之间的关联变得尤为重要。本研究旨在考察体育活动与大学生生活满意度和心理韧性之间的关联，并探究自我效能感和感知压力的中介作用。
本研究通过在线问卷收集了中国几所大学学生的数据，使用身体自我概念问卷、生活满意度量表、中文版康纳-戴维森韧性量表、一般自我效能感量表和感知压力量表来测量各个变量。来自三所大学的560名本科生参与了调查，报告了他们的体育活动、生活满意度、心理韧性、自我效能感和感知压力情况。
研究结果表明，体育活动与更高的生活满意度（r = 0.439，p < 0.001）和心理韧性（r = 0.521，p < 0.001）显著相关。自我效能感（95%置信区间 = [0.138, 0.255]和[0.245, 0.399]）和感知压力（95%置信区间 = [0.013, 0.070]和[0.040, 0.134]）在这些过程中均发挥了显著的中介作用。具体而言，体育活动通过与更高的自我效能感和更低的感知压力相关联，进而与更好的心理健康和生活质量相联系。
本研究验证了体育活动与提高大学生生活满意度和心理韧性之间的关联，并揭示了自我效能感和感知压力的中介机制。这些发现为设计针对大学生的运动和心理干预项目提供了科学依据，具有重要的实际意义。
