Relationship between growth mindset and self-rated health in Chinese college teachers: sequential mediating effect of health self-efficacy and physical exercise

BackgroundChinese college teachers’ health issues have become increasingly significant, making it crucial to promote their physical health. Based on self-regulation theory, this study aims to explore the relationship and underlying mechanisms between Chinese college teachers’ growth mindset of healt...

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Main Authors: Tao Yu, Change Zeng, Lidong He, Hu Ying, Jie Liu, Yuzhen Wu, Jiayuan Li, Yaxing Guo, Yanjun Chen, Xiaofu Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1421319/full
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Summary:BackgroundChinese college teachers’ health issues have become increasingly significant, making it crucial to promote their physical health. Based on self-regulation theory, this study aims to explore the relationship and underlying mechanisms between Chinese college teachers’ growth mindset of health and their self-rated health.MethodsThe study involved 456 Chinese college teachers (213 males, 243 females) who filled out a questionnaire measuring their growth mindset of health, health self-efficacy, physical exercise, and self-rated health.ResultsThe correlation analysis revealed positive links among Chinese college teachers’ growth mindset of health, health self-efficacy, physical exercise, and self-rated health. Further regression analysis indicated that their growth mindset of health positively influenced self-rated health, mediated by health self-efficacy and physical exercise.ConclusionThis study discovered a positive link between Chinese college teachers’ growth mindset of health and their self-rated health. It also emphasized the sequential mediating effect of health self-efficacy and physical exercise in this correlation, offering theoretical grounding and valuable insights for promoting college teachers’ physical health.
ISSN:2296-2565