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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1456753
This article is part of the Research Topic The Impact of Social Media and Technology on Mental Health View all 7 articles

The Impact of Exercise Self-Efficacy on College Students' Emotion Management Ability: An Analysis of the Mediating Effects Based on Exercise Behavior and Screen Media Use

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    Objective: To explore the impact of exercise self-efficacy on college students' emotion management ability and to analyze the mediating effects of exercise behavior and screen media use between exercise self-efficacy and emotion management ability.Methods: This study adopted stratified, whole-cluster, and staged sampling methods, using an online questionnaire that included demographic information, exercise self-efficacy, exercise behavior, screen media use, and other relevant aspects, obtaining a total of 12,687 valid questionnaires.The study indicated a significant positive correlation between exercise self-efficacy and emotion management ability (r = 0.349, P < 0.01). There was also a positive correlation between physical exercise and emotion management ability (r = 0.128, P < 0.01). In contrast, smartphone use showed a significant negative correlation with emotion management ability (r = -0.102, P < 0.01). Additionally, exercise persistence and electronic health literacy presented significant positive

    Keywords: exercise self-efficacy, Exercise persistence, physical exercise, Screen media use, emotion management ability, mediating effects

    Received: 29 Jun 2024; Accepted: 09 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhu, Li, Lou, Mu and Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Jun Liu, Nantong University, Nantong, China

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