The chain mediating role of perceived social support and cognitive reappraisal in the relationship between physical exercise and adolescent social anxiety.

ABSTRACT: In order to explore the effects of physical exercise on adolescents' social anxiety and its intrinsic mechanism of action, the present study was based on the theory of psychosocial adaptation and constructed a hypothetical model with the chain mediation of perceived social support and cognitive reappraisal. The Physical Activity Rating Scale, the Interaction Anxiety Scale, the Perceived Social Support Scale, and the Cognitive Reappraisal Scale in the Emotion Regulation Scale were used to administer questionnaires to 505 adolescents, and the mediating effects were tested by structural equation modeling. The results showed that (1) physical exercise significantly and negatively predicted the level of social anxiety in adolescents (β= -0.467,P < 0.001); (2) perceived social support and cognit

SUBMITTER: Bian T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12808686 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature