Modeling associations between physical recreation engagement and correlates of post-secondary student psychosocial well-being: Exploring differences among students living with and without a mental health condition

IF 3.1 2区心理学 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Psychology of Sport and Exercise Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102846

Melissa L. deJonge , Catherine M. Sabiston , Chloe A. Hamza , Simon C. Darnell

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The purpose of the study was to examine on-campus physical recreation engagement as a student-life activity for supporting post-secondary student psychosocial well-being, physical activity (PA) guideline adherence, and academic achievement among post-secondary students. The study aimed to: (1) test a comprehensive model examining associations between engagement in on-campus physical recreation, psychosocial well-being outcomes (campus climate, social support, loneliness, psychological distress), PA guideline adherence, and academic achievement; and (2) explore model differences in the associations among students living with and without a mental health condition. Cross-sectional data from the national spring 2023 Canadian Campus Well-Being Survey were used. The analytical sample included 9575 students (M_age = 23.17 years; 48 % White; 65 % women; 29 % with a mental health condition). Based on findings from structural equation modeling, physical recreation engagement was directly associated with PA guideline adherence, social support, psychological distress, and loneliness. PA guideline adherence, social support, and campus climate were also directly associated with psychological distress, loneliness, and academic achievement. Physical recreation engagement was indirectly associated with more favourable outcomes in academic achievement, psychological distress, and loneliness through higher levels of social support. Physical recreation was indirectly associated with lower levels of psychological distress and loneliness through PA guideline adherence. Exploratory multi-group invariance analyses supported no model differences in the structural associations among students with a mental health condition. Promising targetable processes for supporting student psychosocial well-being through physical recreation engagement are provided. Theoretical and practical implications for informing whole-campus preventive well-being strategies centered on physical recreation among post-secondary students are discussed.

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模拟体育娱乐参与与大专学生心理社会健康之间的关联：探索有和没有心理健康状况的学生之间的差异

本研究的目的是研究校园体育娱乐参与作为一种学生生活活动，对大专学生的心理社会健康、体育活动（PA）指南依从性和学业成绩的支持。本研究旨在：(1)检验一个综合模型，以检验参与校园体育活动、社会心理健康结果（校园氛围、社会支持、孤独感、心理困扰）、PA指南遵守和学业成绩之间的关系；(2)探讨有心理健康问题和无心理健康问题学生的关联模式差异。采用了2023年春季加拿大校园幸福调查的横断面数据。分析样本包括9575名学生(年龄23.17岁；48%白人；65%为女性；29%有精神健康问题)。基于结构方程模型的研究结果，体育娱乐参与与PA指南依从性、社会支持、心理困扰和孤独感直接相关。学生的心理压力、孤独感和学业成绩与遵循心理指导方针、社会支持和校园氛围有直接关系。通过较高的社会支持水平，体育娱乐参与与学业成就、心理困扰和孤独感方面的更有利结果间接相关。通过PA指南的遵守，体育娱乐与较低的心理困扰和孤独感水平间接相关。探索性多组不变性分析支持在具有心理健康状况的学生之间的结构关联中没有模型差异。提供了通过体育娱乐参与支持学生心理社会健康的有希望的有针对性的过程。讨论了以体育休闲为中心的校园预防健康策略的理论和实践意义。

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise 医学-心理学

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6.40

自引率

5.90%

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172

审稿时长

69 days

期刊介绍： Psychology of Sport and Exercise is an international forum for scholarly reports in the psychology of sport and exercise, broadly defined. The journal is open to the use of diverse methodological approaches. Manuscripts that will be considered for publication will present results from high quality empirical research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, commentaries concerning already published PSE papers or topics of general interest for PSE readers, protocol papers for trials, and reports of professional practice (which will need to demonstrate academic rigour and go beyond mere description). The CONSORT guidelines consort-statement need to be followed for protocol papers for trials; authors should present a flow diagramme and attach with their cover letter the CONSORT checklist. For meta-analysis, the PRISMA prisma-statement guidelines should be followed; authors should present a flow diagramme and attach with their cover letter the PRISMA checklist. For systematic reviews it is recommended that the PRISMA guidelines are followed, although it is not compulsory. Authors interested in submitting replications of published studies need to contact the Editors-in-Chief before they start their replication. We are not interested in manuscripts that aim to test the psychometric properties of an existing scale from English to another language, unless new validation methods are used which address previously unanswered research questions.