Original scientific paper

EFFECTS OF EXERCISE DEPENDENCE ON PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OF CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENTS

Menglong Li ; Physical Education Institute, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China
Jingsong Nie ; Hunan Provincial Research Institute of Education, Changsha China
Yujia Ren ; Xiangtan Vocational Technical College, Xiangtan, China

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of exercise dependence on the psychological health of Chinese
college students.
Subjects and methods: A total of 1601 college students from three universities in Hunan, China, were selected as research
subjects. Several measurement scales, including the Exercise Addiction Inventory, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Center for
Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and the Subjective Well-being Scale, were used to survey the psychological health problem
of these students and to analyze the effects of exercise dependence on their psychological health.
Result: Exercise dependence, based on the structural equation model analysis, can positively influence state anxiety (P<0.05),
depression (P<0.05), and subjective well-being (P<0.05) of Chinese students. By contrast, exercise dependence negatively influences
students’ self-satisfaction (P<0.05), social behavior (P<0.05), and vigor (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Exercise dependence adversely affects the psychological health of college students. Further research using multidimensional
exercise addiction scales should be conducted to identify all the negative effects of exercise addiction factors on
psychological health.

Keywords

exercise dependence - psychological health – depression – anxiety - college students

Hrčak ID:

162545

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/162545

Publication date:

15.12.2015.

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