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June 20, 2026Social Behavior and Personality An International JournalOpen Access

Physical exercise and social body anxiety: Body self-esteem and interpersonal relationships as mediators

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QXQin XieQMQinglei Mu

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Overview

Randomized trial examines how physical exercise affects social body anxiety in college students, suggesting significant mediating roles for self-esteem and relationships.

Key Points

  • This study aims to explore how physical exercise influences social body anxiety in college students and identify mediators in this relationship.
  • Random sampling of 479 college students in China
  • Participants completed various scales measuring physical exercise, social body anxiety, body self-esteem, and interpersonal relationships
  • Analyzed mediation effects using statistical methods
  • Physical exercise showed a negative correlation with social body anxiety (p<0.05)
  • Body self-esteem and interpersonal relationships independently and collectively mediated the effect of physical exercise on social body anxiety
  • Higher levels of physical exercise corresponded to improved body self-esteem and interpersonal relationships, leading to reduced anxiety

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Xie et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a362f63db0793dc1a536d6ehttps://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.15996
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