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March 5, 2026SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

The relationship between physical activity and mental health in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a moderated mediation and cross-lagged model

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ZZZhenhui ZhaoXWX. W. Wang

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Overview

Investigates how physical activity influences mental health in older adults, emphasizing sleep's mediating role and cognitive function's moderation.

Key Points

  • To explore how physical activity impacts mental health in middle-aged and older adults, focusing on the roles of sleep duration and cognitive function.
  • Utilized data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) involving 12,656 participants.
  • Employed mediation and moderation analyses to identify variable relationships.
  • Used cross-lagged models to investigate longitudinal effects over time.
  • Physical activity positively predicts mental health and sleep duration.
  • Sleep duration mediates the relationship between physical activity and mental health.
  • Cognitive function moderates the effects of physical activity on sleep duration and sleep duration on mental health.

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Zhao et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a91cbed6127c7a504bfac5https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1773431
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