An analysis of the role of college students' core self-evaluation in the relationship between extracurricular physical exercise and academic stress
ObjectiveTo explore the role of college students' core self-evaluation in the association between extracurricular physical exercise and academic stress, and to provide a reference and basis for effectively alleviating current college students' academic stress.MethodsA stratified cluster ra...
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| description | ObjectiveTo explore the role of college students' core self-evaluation in the association between extracurricular physical exercise and academic stress, and to provide a reference and basis for effectively alleviating current college students' academic stress.MethodsA stratified cluster random sampling method was used to conduct an online survey using the China College Student Mental Health Screening Scale, the Core Self-Esteem Scale, and a self-developed questionnaire for 1,249 college students from 8 junior colleges in Jiangsu Province, China, in January 2023, and analyses were conducted using bivariate correlation and mediation effect tests.ResultsMore than half of the students were worried about lagging behind other students in their studies and worrying about exams, as well as more than half of the students had <2 h of extracurricular physical exercise per week in terms of academic stress. Significant correlations were found between extracurricular physical exercise time and core self-evaluation (r = 0.225, p < 0.01), academic stress (r = −0.317, p < 0.01), and between core self-evaluation and academic stress (r =−0.371, p < 0.01). Extracurricular physical exercise had a negative predictive effect on academic stress (effect = −0.306, 95%CI: −0.361~-0.251) and partially through the mediating path of core self-evaluation, (effect = −0.067, 95%CI: −0.091~-0.046), with a mediating effect of 21.9%. Among them, the mediating effect of core self-evaluation was highest in “worrying about lagging behind other students in their studies” and “worrying about exams”, which accounted for 24.4% and 24.3% respectively.ConclusionCurrently, college students have different degrees of academic stress; extracurricular physical exercise can reduce academic stress through direct effects, and also through the indirect effect of improving the level of core self-evaluation, and active extracurricular physical exercise has become an important way to promote students' physical and mental health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8e633d340ab742248eb0c6be1947be5e2024-02-27T04:53:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-02-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.12799891279989An analysis of the role of college students' core self-evaluation in the relationship between extracurricular physical exercise and academic stressGuanren Zhu0Wenwen Cao1Yutong Yin2Shengchao Bai3School of Physical Education, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, ChinaDepartment of Physical Education, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaDepartment of Physical Education, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaObjectiveTo explore the role of college students' core self-evaluation in the association between extracurricular physical exercise and academic stress, and to provide a reference and basis for effectively alleviating current college students' academic stress.MethodsA stratified cluster random sampling method was used to conduct an online survey using the China College Student Mental Health Screening Scale, the Core Self-Esteem Scale, and a self-developed questionnaire for 1,249 college students from 8 junior colleges in Jiangsu Province, China, in January 2023, and analyses were conducted using bivariate correlation and mediation effect tests.ResultsMore than half of the students were worried about lagging behind other students in their studies and worrying about exams, as well as more than half of the students had <2 h of extracurricular physical exercise per week in terms of academic stress. Significant correlations were found between extracurricular physical exercise time and core self-evaluation (r = 0.225, p < 0.01), academic stress (r = −0.317, p < 0.01), and between core self-evaluation and academic stress (r =−0.371, p < 0.01). Extracurricular physical exercise had a negative predictive effect on academic stress (effect = −0.306, 95%CI: −0.361~-0.251) and partially through the mediating path of core self-evaluation, (effect = −0.067, 95%CI: −0.091~-0.046), with a mediating effect of 21.9%. Among them, the mediating effect of core self-evaluation was highest in “worrying about lagging behind other students in their studies” and “worrying about exams”, which accounted for 24.4% and 24.3% respectively.ConclusionCurrently, college students have different degrees of academic stress; extracurricular physical exercise can reduce academic stress through direct effects, and also through the indirect effect of improving the level of core self-evaluation, and active extracurricular physical exercise has become an important way to promote students' physical and mental health.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1279989/fullextracurricular physical exerciseacademic stresscore self-evaluationmental healthcollege students |
| spellingShingle | Guanren Zhu Wenwen Cao Yutong Yin Shengchao Bai An analysis of the role of college students' core self-evaluation in the relationship between extracurricular physical exercise and academic stress Frontiers in Psychology extracurricular physical exercise academic stress core self-evaluation mental health college students |
| title | An analysis of the role of college students' core self-evaluation in the relationship between extracurricular physical exercise and academic stress |
| title_full | An analysis of the role of college students' core self-evaluation in the relationship between extracurricular physical exercise and academic stress |
| title_fullStr | An analysis of the role of college students' core self-evaluation in the relationship between extracurricular physical exercise and academic stress |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of the role of college students' core self-evaluation in the relationship between extracurricular physical exercise and academic stress |
| title_short | An analysis of the role of college students' core self-evaluation in the relationship between extracurricular physical exercise and academic stress |
| title_sort | analysis of the role of college students core self evaluation in the relationship between extracurricular physical exercise and academic stress |
| topic | extracurricular physical exercise academic stress core self-evaluation mental health college students |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1279989/full |
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