Does exercise participation promote happiness?: Mediations and heterogeneities.

ABSTRACT: This paper uses a nationally representative and large-scale dataset from China to empirically examine the relationship between exercise participation and happiness. To address the problem of reverse causality between the two factors, the instrumental variable (IV) approach is used to deal with endogeneity to some extent. It is demonstrated that higher frequencies of exercise participation are positively related to happiness. Findings also demonstrate that physical exercise could significantly decrease depressive disorders, improves self-rated health conditions and reduces the frequency of health problems affecting people's work and life. At the same time, all of above health factors significantly influence subjective wellbeing. When these health variables are included in regressions, the c

SUBMITTER: Li C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10036593 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature