The mechanism of how adolescents' physical self-esteem and psychological resilience influence sports participation: the chain mediating roles of exercise motivation and social support.

IF 2.8 3区 医学 Q1 REHABILITATION
Minghuan Tang, Bo Peng, Weisong Chen, Yuxin Liu, Hongshen Wang, Ting Yu
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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to examine how physical self-esteem and psychological resilience influence adolescents' sports participation, with a focus on the mediating roles of exercise motivation and social support. The goal was to clarify the interaction between individual psychological resources and contextual social factors in shaping youth physical activity.

Method: A total of 2,588 adolescents from 15 provinces in China completed validated questionnaires assessing physical self-esteem, psychological resilience, exercise motivation, social support, and sports participation. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test direct and indirect pathways. Multi-group analyses were conducted to examine model invariance across gender, grade level, and residential background.

Results: Physical self-esteem and psychological resilience positively predicted sports participation both directly and indirectly. Exercise motivation and social support served as significant mediators, with a sequential pathway from psychological traits to behavioral outcomes via motivational and social mechanisms. Structural invariance was supported across all demographic subgroups, indicating the model's robustness and generalizability.

Conclusion: The findings underscore the dual importance of internal self-perception and external support systems in promoting adolescent engagement in sports. By elucidating a chain mediation process, this study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of youth physical activity and offers practical implications for developing targeted interventions in school, family, and community settings.

青少年身体自尊和心理弹性对体育参与的影响机制:运动动机和社会支持的链式中介作用。
目的:探讨身体自尊和心理弹性对青少年体育参与的影响,并探讨运动动机和社会支持的中介作用。目的是澄清个体心理资源和环境社会因素在塑造青少年体育活动中的相互作用。方法:来自中国15个省份的2588名青少年完成了身体自尊、心理弹性、运动动机、社会支持和体育参与的有效问卷。结构方程模型(SEM)用于测试直接和间接途径。进行多组分析以检验模型在性别、年级水平和居住背景之间的不变性。结果:身体自尊和心理弹性对运动参与有直接和间接的正向预测作用。运动动机和社会支持在运动动机和社会支持之间起着显著的中介作用,并通过动机机制和社会机制形成从心理特征到行为结果的顺序路径。所有人口统计子组都支持结构不变性,表明模型的稳健性和普遍性。结论:研究结果强调了内部自我感知和外部支持系统在促进青少年参与体育运动中的双重重要性。通过阐明连锁调解过程,本研究有助于更细致地了解青少年体育活动,并为在学校、家庭和社区环境中制定有针对性的干预措施提供实际意义。
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BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation
BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine-Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
CiteScore
3.00
自引率
5.30%
发文量
196
审稿时长
26 weeks
期刊介绍: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation is an open access, peer reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of sports medicine and the exercise sciences, including rehabilitation, traumatology, cardiology, physiology, and nutrition.
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