The Relationship Between Physical Exercise and Subjective Well-Being in College Students: The Mediating Effect of Body Image and Self-Esteem.

ABSTRACT: This research examines the relationship between physical exercise and subjective well-being via the mediation of body image and self-esteem, thereby providing some suggestions on the improvement of subjective well-being in college students. A total of 671 college students from three universities of science and engineering in Sichuan, China voluntarily participated in the survey. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's product-moment correlation, and mediation model analysis were conducted using the SPSS statistics 19.0. The results showed that (1) the physical exercise level was positively and significantly correlated with the subjective well-being level in each dimension (R = 0.12-0.64, p < 0.01) (2) college students with the medium and high level of exercise have higher su

SUBMITTER: Shang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8194825 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature