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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026

Physical activity and academic burnout among middle school students: uncovering cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression.

Jiaxi Chen, Linghui Zou, Ziping Fan, Xiu Feng, Xinbo Wu, Dianhui Peng, Weixin Dong, Chunxia Lu, Jun Chen

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Jiaxi Chen *Department of Sport Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Linghui Zou *Department of Sport Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Ziping FanDepartment of Sport Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Xiu FengDepartment of Sport Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Xinbo WuDepartment of Sport Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Dianhui PengDepartment of Sport Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Weixin DongDepartment of Sport Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Chunxia LuDepartment of Sport Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Jun ChenDepartment of Sport Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

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Objective: This study examined whether cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression mediate the association between physical activity and academic burnout among students at Huaihua Experimental Junior High School. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1,529 junior high school students. Participants completed the Learning Burnout Scale for Middle School Students (LBS-MSS), the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA), and the Physical Activity Rating Scale-3 (PARS-3). Data were analyzed using SPSS 28.0, Amos 27.0, and the PROCESS macro. Results: Academic burnout was negatively associated with physical activity ( Conclusion: Physical activity was negatively associated with academic burnout among junior high school students. Cognitive reappraisal partially mediated this association, whereas expressive suppression showed an inconsistent indirect effect that attenuated part of the protective association. Given the modest effect sizes, these findings should be interpreted cautiously but suggest that different emotion regulation strategies may play distinct roles in the link between physical activity and academic burnout.

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academic burnoutcognitive reappraisalexpressive suppressioninconsistent indirect effectphysical activity

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