Effects of Physical Exercise on Depression of Female College Students——Multiple Mediation Effects of Three Dimensions in Social Support
- VernacularTitle:体育锻炼对女大学生抑郁的影响——社会支持三纬度的多重中介作用
- Author:
Wei XU
;
Yan LI
- Keywords:
physical exercise;
depression among female college students;
social support;
the multiple mediation effect
- From:
Chinese Journal of Sports Medicine
2017;36(5):423-428
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the relation among physical exercise,depression among female college students and social support,and the multiple mediation effect of three dimensions of social support between physical exercise and depression.Methods A total of 300 female college students were selected and investigated using the physical activity rating scale-3 (PARS-3),self-rating depression scale (SDS) and social support rating scale(SSRS).The multiple mediation effects of the subjective support,objective support and support utilization were tested using the hierarchical regression and the bias-corrected non parametric percent Bootstrap method.Results The overall effect of multiple mediation was significant,accounting for 56％ of the total effect,while the direct effect of physical exercise on depression was not significant.As for the multiple mediation effects,the mediation effect of subjective support and support utilization was significant,while that of the objective support was not.Their mediation effect accounted for 47.3％,36.6％ and 16.1％ of the indirect effect respectively.Conclusion Social support has a mediation effect between physical exercise and depression among female college students,and the subjective support and support utilization are the main mediation factors.
