Relationship between university students' physical activity and mobile phone dependence: Mediating effect of subjective well-being and moderating effect of psychological capital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the ongoing development of the information society, the Internet and smartphones have become an essential way of life, but also fostered the problem of mobile phone dependence. Physical activity and subjective well-being have both been shown to correlate with mobile phone dependence, but the impact of subjective well-being on the relationship between physical activity and mobile phone dependence is not fully understood. This study investigates subjective well-being as a potential mediating variable in the relationship. It also investigates whether psychological capital moderates the association between subjective well-being and mobile phone dependence.

Methods

A total of 9,569 students from 38 universities in Jiangsu Province were selected. Participants were

SUBMITTER: Lu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9835677 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature