CAN SELF-ESTEEM MEDIATE THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOCIAL SUPPORT AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN ADOLESCENTS?

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  • Vítor P. Lopes Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, Bragança, Portugal; Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), Vila Real, Portugal
  • Diogo Monteiro Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), Vila Real, Portugal; ESECS – Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal; Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV), Leiria, Portugal

Abstract

The aim was to analyze the mediation role of self-esteem in the interaction between social support from the best friend, friends, and parents, and physical activity (PA). Participants were N=444 adolescents of both genders (male= 205), aged between 12-18 years (M= 16.02; SD= 1.57). Structural equation modeling, serial mediation and multigroup analysis were used to test the proposed hypothesis. Self-reported instruments were used to collect both PA social support and self-esteem. Self-esteem mediates partially the interaction between different social supports and vigorous PA, independently of adolescent sex. Interestingly, self-esteem was fully mediating the interaction between parents’ social support and vigorous PA in female adolescents. In contrast, self-esteem revealed no mediation in the interaction between social support and light and moderate PA. In conclusion, self-esteem mediates the relationship between social support and vigorous PA, the strength of mediation is higher in girls than in boys, in both genders the mediation is higher when the social support has come from parents.

Key words: friends, parents, vigorous physical activity, best friends, self-worth, youth

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2022-12-31

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P. Lopes, V., & Monteiro, D. (2022). CAN SELF-ESTEEM MEDIATE THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOCIAL SUPPORT AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN ADOLESCENTS?. Kinesiology, 54(2), 208–220. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/ojs/index.php/kinesiology/article/view/12662

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Vol. 54 No. 2 (2022)

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