Relationship between physical exercise and quality of life in Chinese college students: the chain mediating effect of psychological flourishing and optimistic intelligence
Physical exercise can directly promote the improvement of college students' quality of life and can also indirectly enhance it not only through the mediating effect of psychological flourishing and optimistic intelligence, but also through the chain mediating effect of the two. These results provide a theoretical reference for college students to improve their quality of life and mental health education.
Authors
- Xiaoze Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-1959)
- Lin‐An Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8437-0134)
- Yonggang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4582-2473)
- Jianlin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9630-5743)
- Huahua An
Institutions
- Lanzhou Jiaotong University (CN)
- Lanzhou Petrochemical Polytechnic (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychology
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-03777-8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.54