ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
The impact of physical exercise on adolescents' mobile phone dependency: the serial mediating role of self-esteem and depression.
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- How physical activity influences flourishing of adolescents: an integrated analysis of sufficiency and necessity.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Physical activity and social media addiction: a multi-mediation analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between physical activity and short video addiction among college students: mediating effects of self-control and social anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The relationship between mobile phone addiction, bedtime procrastination, and campus-based physical activity: a longitudinal follow-up study based on a college student population.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the impact of physical exercise on the prevalence of mobile phone dependency among middle school students, as well as to delineate the serial mediating roles of self-esteem and depression within this relationship. Methods: A convenient cluster random sampling method was employed to conduct a questionnaire survey among 3,786 middle school students from Guangdong, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Henan, and other provinces. Measurements were taken using the Physical Activity Rating Scale (PARS-3), the Self-esteem Scale, the Depression Scale, and the Mobile Phone Dependency Scale. Results: Physical exercise was significantly negatively correlated with mobile phone dependency ( Conclusion: Physical exercise can directly reduce the dependency of middle school students on mobile phones, and it can also indirectly reduce mobile phone dependency by enhancing self-esteem and reducing levels of depression.
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