biostudies-literatureUnknown13Li CThis paper uses a large scale and nationally representative dataset, Chinese General Social Survey, to empirically examine the role of physical activity in reducing the negative effects of depression among people with mental disorders. Empirical results demonstrate that physical exercise could help to alleviate depression's adverse consequences on work and life for depressed individuals. The impact mechanism is that physical activity may decrease the severity of depression, enhance life satisfaction, improve mood, and make people have a better sense of purpose and meaning in life. Therefore, from the perspective of multidimensional subjective wellbeing, evaluative wellbeing, experienced wellbeing and eudaimonic wellbeing all play mediating roles in the reduction of depression's adverse effFrontiers in psychiatry1050208https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9712743biostudies-literatureHealth benefits of physical activity for people with mental disorders: From the perspective of multidimensional subjective wellbeing.PMC9712743Xia YLi CLiu QNing GfalseHealth benefits of physical activity for people with mental disorders: From the perspective of multidimensional subjective wellbeing.This paper uses a large scale and nationally representative dataset, Chinese General Social Survey, to empirically examine the role of physical activity in reducing the negative effects of depression among people with mental disorders. Empirical results demonstrate that physical exercise could help to alleviate depression's adverse consequences on work and life for depressed individuals. The impact mechanism is that physical activity may decrease the severity of depression, enhance life satisfaction, improve mood, and make people have a better sense of purpose and meaning in life. Therefore, from the perspective of multidimensional subjective wellbeing, evaluative wellbeing, experienced wellbeing and eudaimonic wellbeing all play mediating roles in the reduction of depression's adverse eff2022-01-01T00:00:00Z20222025-04-20T01:36:12.301Z2025-02-19T04:34:27.948ZS-EPMC97127433646529810.3389/fpsyt.2022.1050208