ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
The relationship between flow experience in sport and subjective well-being among university students: the chain mediation role of psychological resilience and basic psychological needs satisfaction.
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Background: Subjective well-being is a crucial indicator of university students' mental health. Sports serve as a key channel for promoting the physical and mental health of university students. Flow experience in sport, as an easily accessible positive psychological experience, is a key approach to enhancing the subjective well-being of university students. Methods: Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, we built a chain mediation model. Our aim is to examine the chain mediating role of basic psychological needs satisfaction and psychological resilience. This mechanism connects flow experience in sports among university students with their subjective well-being. We collected 488 valid responses by randomly sampling from three universities. We used several scales for measurement. It includes the Flow Experience Scale, the Subjective Well-Being Scale, the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale, and the Psychological Resilience Scale. Then, we utilized the PROCESS macro (Model 6, Version 4.0) in SPSS 26.0 to analyze the data and test the chain mediation model. Results: Among university students, flow experience in sport shows a clear positive link to subjective well-being. Basic psychological needs satisfaction and psychological resilience each played a partial mediating role. And together they form a prominent chain mediation path. Respectively, 12.07%, 13.76%, and 7.77% of the total effect were attributed to these three indirect effects. Conclusion: This work clarifies the psychological mechanism linking flow experience in sport and subjective well‑being among university students. These research findings also provide practical references for universities. They can implement a comprehensive intervention program that integrates exercise with mental health.
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