Giving or receiving: Impact of online socializing in online fitness community on physical activity and emotional state

IF 9 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Computers in Human Behavior Pub Date : 2025-04-12 DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2025.108669

Liuan Wang , Yueming Ma , Zhijun Yan , Lijiang Zhang , Yicheng Hu , Shuai Zhao

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Abstract

With the increasing popularity of online social networking, people's communication with others on online platforms can regulate emotions and reduce stress, thus benefiting their physical activity and emotional state. Socializing can be divided into two categories: giving socializing and receiving socializing. However, it is not clear which type of socializing is more beneficial for physical activity and emotional state. Therefore, we collected the data from online fitness communities (OFCs) and used panel vector autoregression (PVAR) models to evaluate the effects of different types of online socializing on physical activity and emotional state. Also, we used a simultaneous equation model and modify variables to strengthen the accuracy and robustness of experimental results. We found that short-term receiving socializing has a greater impact on physical activity compared to giving socializing. The impact of long-term physical activity on giving socializing is greater than its impact on receiving socializing. Short-term giving socializing has a negative impact on emotional state, while short-term receiving socializing has a positive impact. The positive impact of emotional state on giving socializing is greater than its impact on receiving socializing. Further, compared to emotional state, giving socializing have a stronger effect on physical activity. This study building a triadic ecosystem of OFCs theoretically. And it provides practical suggestions for the development of socializing and the management of individual physical activity, as well as emotional state in an online social environment.

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给予或接受：在线健身社区中的在线社交对体育锻炼和情绪状态的影响

随着网络社交网络的日益普及，人们在网络平台上与他人的交流可以调节情绪，减轻压力，从而有利于身体活动和情绪状态。社交可以分为两类：给予社交和接受社交。然而，目前尚不清楚哪种类型的社交对身体活动和情绪状态更有益。因此，我们收集了在线健身社区（OFCs）的数据，并使用面板向量自回归（PVAR）模型来评估不同类型的在线社交对身体活动和情绪状态的影响。此外，我们采用联立方程模型和修改变量来增强实验结果的准确性和稳健性。我们发现，与给予社交相比，短期接受社交对身体活动的影响更大。长期体育活动对给予社交的影响大于对接受社交的影响。短期给予社交对情绪状态有负面影响，而短期接受社交对情绪状态有积极影响。情绪状态对给予社交的积极影响大于对接受社交的积极影响。此外，与情绪状态相比，给予社交对身体活动的影响更大。本研究从理论上构建了离岸金融中心的三元生态系统。为网络社交环境下社交活动的发展、个人身体活动和情绪状态的管理提供了切实可行的建议。

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Computers in Human Behavior Multiple-

CiteScore

19.10

自引率

4.00%

发文量

381

审稿时长

40 days

期刊介绍： Computers in Human Behavior is a scholarly journal that explores the psychological aspects of computer use. It covers original theoretical works, research reports, literature reviews, and software and book reviews. The journal examines both the use of computers in psychology, psychiatry, and related fields, and the psychological impact of computer use on individuals, groups, and society. Articles discuss topics such as professional practice, training, research, human development, learning, cognition, personality, and social interactions. It focuses on human interactions with computers, considering the computer as a medium through which human behaviors are shaped and expressed. Professionals interested in the psychological aspects of computer use will find this journal valuable, even with limited knowledge of computers.