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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Sports Act. Living
Sec. Sport Psychology
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1514596
This article is part of the Research TopicBeyond Rest: Exploring the Bidirectional Relationship and Intersecting Pathways of Sleep and Physical HealthView all 9 articles
Rope Skipping or Badminton? Exercise Reduced Sleep Onset Latency in University Students
Provisionally accepted- 1Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- 2School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
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Poor sleep quality is common among university students and can negatively affect their studies, college lives, and physical and mental health. Existing studies have shown that aerobic exercise can improve sleep quality. However, most previous exercise interventions required a significant time investment, which might not be efficient for university schedules. To identify an effective exercise intervention that takes less time, we evaluated the effects of 15-day interventions of rope skipping and badminton on sleep issues. we identified that both rope skipping and badminton can effectively shorten the sleep onset latency in university students. Badminton can mitigate more daytime dysfunction than rope skipping. We also found that short-term exercise interventions are likely to enhance individuals' interest in exercise. Based on these findings, we recommend that university students perform rope skipping or badminton on alternate days for 15 days if they drowsiness during the day or struggle to fall asleep. We believe that essential information pertinent to sport and mental health has been discussed and conveyed via this manuscript and that the content has an excellent fit with the scope of the Frontiers in Sports and Active Living.
Keywords: Exercise Intervention, aerobic exercise, PSQI, Chinese university student, Daytime dysfunction
Received: 21 Oct 2024; Accepted: 15 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ye, Tan, Zhu and Fan. 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: Jialin Fan, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
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