Relationship between Chinese college students’ attitude to physical exercise and psychological capital: the mediating effects of self-control and gender
ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the impact of attitudes toward physical exercise on college students’ psychological capital and its mechanism of action, providing new pathways and scientific evidence for enhancing psychological capital among college students.MethodsA total of 519 college studen...
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| description | ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the impact of attitudes toward physical exercise on college students’ psychological capital and its mechanism of action, providing new pathways and scientific evidence for enhancing psychological capital among college students.MethodsA total of 519 college students (mean age: 19.95 ± 1.34) were surveyed using a questionnaire.Results(1) Attitudes toward physical exercise have a significant direct predictive effect on college students’ psychological capital; (2) Attitudes toward physical exercise can indirectly predict psychological capital through the mediating role of self-control; (3) The influence of attitudes toward physical exercise on self-control is moderated by gender, with a greater impact on female college students than on male students.Conclusion(1) This study investigated the mechanism by which attitudes toward physical exercise influence psychological capital through self-control and gender differences; (2) The study revealed the positive role of psychological capital, with a significant predictive effect of attitudes toward physical exercise on college students’ psychological capital (B = 0.46, p < 0.001), and identified the reasons for gender differences, with attitudes toward physical exercise having a stronger promoting effect on self-control in female college students (B = 0.26, t = 3.80, p < 0.001). It provides guiding suggestions for enhancing psychological capital by fostering attitudes toward physical exercise among college students. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ef166d0d3d4040b7afedc15f6a67f4ab2024-11-12T06:15:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652024-11-011210.3389/fpubh.2024.14434891443489Relationship between Chinese college students’ attitude to physical exercise and psychological capital: the mediating effects of self-control and genderXinnan Li0Xinnan Li1Lei Cui2Qi-Qi Shen3Rui Luo4Min Liu5College of P.E. and Sports, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Physical Education, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, ChinaCollege of P.E. and Sports, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaCollege of P.E. and Sports, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaChina University of Labor Relations, Beijing, ChinaCollege of Physical Education and Science, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, ChinaObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the impact of attitudes toward physical exercise on college students’ psychological capital and its mechanism of action, providing new pathways and scientific evidence for enhancing psychological capital among college students.MethodsA total of 519 college students (mean age: 19.95 ± 1.34) were surveyed using a questionnaire.Results(1) Attitudes toward physical exercise have a significant direct predictive effect on college students’ psychological capital; (2) Attitudes toward physical exercise can indirectly predict psychological capital through the mediating role of self-control; (3) The influence of attitudes toward physical exercise on self-control is moderated by gender, with a greater impact on female college students than on male students.Conclusion(1) This study investigated the mechanism by which attitudes toward physical exercise influence psychological capital through self-control and gender differences; (2) The study revealed the positive role of psychological capital, with a significant predictive effect of attitudes toward physical exercise on college students’ psychological capital (B = 0.46, p < 0.001), and identified the reasons for gender differences, with attitudes toward physical exercise having a stronger promoting effect on self-control in female college students (B = 0.26, t = 3.80, p < 0.001). It provides guiding suggestions for enhancing psychological capital by fostering attitudes toward physical exercise among college students.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1443489/fullattitude toward physical exercisespsychological capitalself-controlgendercollege students |
| spellingShingle | Xinnan Li Xinnan Li Lei Cui Qi-Qi Shen Rui Luo Min Liu Relationship between Chinese college students’ attitude to physical exercise and psychological capital: the mediating effects of self-control and gender Frontiers in Public Health attitude toward physical exercises psychological capital self-control gender college students |
| title | Relationship between Chinese college students’ attitude to physical exercise and psychological capital: the mediating effects of self-control and gender |
| title_full | Relationship between Chinese college students’ attitude to physical exercise and psychological capital: the mediating effects of self-control and gender |
| title_fullStr | Relationship between Chinese college students’ attitude to physical exercise and psychological capital: the mediating effects of self-control and gender |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between Chinese college students’ attitude to physical exercise and psychological capital: the mediating effects of self-control and gender |
| title_short | Relationship between Chinese college students’ attitude to physical exercise and psychological capital: the mediating effects of self-control and gender |
| title_sort | relationship between chinese college students attitude to physical exercise and psychological capital the mediating effects of self control and gender |
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