The mediating role of psychological inflexibility in the association between physical activity and depressive symptoms among college students
The study suggested that psychological inflexibility partially mediated the association between physical activity and depressive symptoms among college students. Interventions targeting physical activity and psychological inflexibility may be effective strategies for lowering depressive symptoms in this population.
Authors
- Xianming Dou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6125-3923)
- Teck Cheng Tan
- Tao Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3937-0151)
- Qian Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4100-9226)
- Tianle Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5930-0145)
- Yiting Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4143-0610)
- Erkang Cai
Institutions
- Shanghai University of Engineering Science (CN)
- Shandong University (CN)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Shanghai University of Sport (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-07-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23673-5
- Primary Topic
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00