ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Direct and Indirect Effects of Youth Sports Participation on Emotional Intelligence, Self-Esteem, and Life Satisfaction.
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- The impact of sports participation on psychological health and social outcomes in children and adolescents: a systematic review and update to the "Mental Health through Sport" conceptual model.Systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Physical activity and mental health: a systematic review and best-evidence synthesis of mediation and moderation studies.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of physical activity on social-emotional competence among female graduate students: a three-wave longitudinal study in Chinese Universities.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Emotional intelligence mediates the relationship between sport type and social anxiety in adolescents.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- E-Sports players: emotional intelligence and decision making levels.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Developing Traits of Self-Confidence and Intrinsic Motivation in Students with Severe Special Educational Needs in Physical Education Lessons.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The influence of physical activity on the mental health of high school students: the chain mediating effects of social support and self-esteem.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The impact of physical activity on self-emotion management among university students in Western China: the mediating roles of self-rated health and life satisfaction.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The impact of physical exercise on adolescents' mobile phone dependency: the serial mediating role of self-esteem and depression.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The protective role of competitive sports in reducing suicidality amongst youth athletes.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Life satisfaction across sports disciplines and sports categories among Norwegian adolescents: comparisons to national data.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The present study investigated the mediating effects of emotional intelligence and self-esteem between youth sports participation and life satisfaction, as well as the comparative effects of different types of sports involvement (team, individual, and non-participation) on these selected variables. A sample of 1053 Portuguese adolescents (612 girls and 441 boys), aged between 12 and 18 years (
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