The impact of physical exercise on adolescent social anxiety: the serial mediating effects of sports self-efficacy and expressive suppression
Physical exercise not only directly alleviates social anxiety in adolescents but also indirectly diminishes social anxiety through the enhancement of sports self-efficacy and the reduction of expressive suppression.
Authors
- Jingtao Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5308-0329)
- Jun Hu
- Xing‐Ming Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4531-3970)
- Yanhong Shao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8029-5309)
Institutions
- Leshan Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2025-03-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-025-01107-4
- Citations
- 16
- Primary Topic
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 24.70