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The study aims to investigate how physical exercise affects subjective well-being through social support and resilience, considering gender differences.

April 3, 2026BMC PsychologyOpen Access

The impact of college students’ physical exercise on subjective well-being: a chain-mediation model involving psychological resilience and social support with gender as the moderator

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JSJing ShenJiangsu Vocational College of Medicine YXYang XuNational Science Library

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Explores how physical exercise influences well-being in college students, highlighting gender differences and mediation effects.

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The study aims to investigate how physical exercise affects subjective well-being through social support and resilience, considering gender differences.
Used a sample of 494 college students
Employed the Physical Activity Rating Scale, Perceived Social Support Scale, Adolescent Resilience Scale, and Subjective Well-being Scale
Constructed a chained mediation model with SmartPLS software
Investigated moderating effects of gender on the mediation path
Physical exercise indirectly enhances subjective well-being through social support and resilience
High levels of social support significantly predict resilience, which then promotes subjective well-being
The mediation effect is significant only for females, with males exhibiting a negative correlation in certain instances
Bootstrap tests confirmed the chained path effect of physical exercise leading to subjective well-being via social support and resilience

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Shen et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cf5f505a333a821460e75c https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04472-y

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