Physical activity and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in Chinese adolescents: the chain mediating role of psychological capital and relative deprivation

IntroductionPhysical activity has been shown to alleviate negative emotions. We examined whether physical activity is associated with lower non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in adolescents and the mediating and chain-mediating roles of psychological capital and relative deprivation in this associ...

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Main Authors: Yingzhe Gao, Changfen Lu, Xiaoqiang Zhang, Beining Han, Huijuan Hu
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1509967/full
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Changfen Lu
Xiaoqiang Zhang
Beining Han
Huijuan Hu
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description IntroductionPhysical activity has been shown to alleviate negative emotions. We examined whether physical activity is associated with lower non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in adolescents and the mediating and chain-mediating roles of psychological capital and relative deprivation in this association.Methods451 secondary school students (44.57% girls; ages 13-19) completed the Physical Activity Rating Scale, Adolescent Non-Suicidal Self-Injurious Behavior Scale, Psychological Capital Scale, and Adolescent Relative Deprivation Scale in their classrooms. In addition, this study used SPSS 26.0 for statistical data analysis and the SPSS macro program PROCESS 4.1 to explore the mediation role.ResultsRegression-based analyses showed that higher psychological capital and lower relative deprivation individually and sequentially mediated the association between physical activity and lower NSSI.ConclusionThese findings contribute to a deeper understanding of how and why physical activity affects adolescents’ non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors. At the same time, the result may provide new insights into prevention and intervention efforts for non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors in adolescents.
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spelling doaj-art-8e47114a9b6f424a9b2dd8dc5c645aec2025-08-20T02:49:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402024-11-011510.3389/fpsyt.2024.15099671509967Physical activity and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in Chinese adolescents: the chain mediating role of psychological capital and relative deprivationYingzhe Gao0Changfen Lu1Xiaoqiang Zhang2Beining Han3Huijuan Hu4School of Physical Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, ChinaIntroductionPhysical activity has been shown to alleviate negative emotions. We examined whether physical activity is associated with lower non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in adolescents and the mediating and chain-mediating roles of psychological capital and relative deprivation in this association.Methods451 secondary school students (44.57% girls; ages 13-19) completed the Physical Activity Rating Scale, Adolescent Non-Suicidal Self-Injurious Behavior Scale, Psychological Capital Scale, and Adolescent Relative Deprivation Scale in their classrooms. In addition, this study used SPSS 26.0 for statistical data analysis and the SPSS macro program PROCESS 4.1 to explore the mediation role.ResultsRegression-based analyses showed that higher psychological capital and lower relative deprivation individually and sequentially mediated the association between physical activity and lower NSSI.ConclusionThese findings contribute to a deeper understanding of how and why physical activity affects adolescents’ non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors. At the same time, the result may provide new insights into prevention and intervention efforts for non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors in adolescents.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1509967/fullphysical activitynon-suicidal self-injurypsychological capitalrelative deprivationadolescents
spellingShingle Yingzhe Gao
Changfen Lu
Xiaoqiang Zhang
Beining Han
Huijuan Hu
Physical activity and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in Chinese adolescents: the chain mediating role of psychological capital and relative deprivation
Frontiers in Psychiatry
physical activity
non-suicidal self-injury
psychological capital
relative deprivation
adolescents
title Physical activity and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in Chinese adolescents: the chain mediating role of psychological capital and relative deprivation
title_full Physical activity and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in Chinese adolescents: the chain mediating role of psychological capital and relative deprivation
title_fullStr Physical activity and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in Chinese adolescents: the chain mediating role of psychological capital and relative deprivation
title_full_unstemmed Physical activity and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in Chinese adolescents: the chain mediating role of psychological capital and relative deprivation
title_short Physical activity and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in Chinese adolescents: the chain mediating role of psychological capital and relative deprivation
title_sort physical activity and non suicidal self injurious behavior in chinese adolescents the chain mediating role of psychological capital and relative deprivation
topic physical activity
non-suicidal self-injury
psychological capital
relative deprivation
adolescents
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1509967/full
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