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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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a4dfe2bac4ff4328ab7753513716602a2025-08-20T03:51:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-07-011310.3389/fpubh.2025.14213191421319Relationship between growth mindset and self-rated health in Chinese college teachers: sequential mediating effect of health self-efficacy and physical exerciseTao Yu0Change Zeng1Lidong He2Hu Ying3Jie Liu4Yuzhen Wu5Jiayuan Li6Yaxing Guo7Yanjun Chen8Xiaofu Pan9College of State Governance, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaCollege of State Governance, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaCollege of State Governance, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaCollege of State Governance, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaCollege of State Governance, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaCollege of State Governance, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaCollege of International Education, Sichuan International Studies University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Ethnology and Sociology, Minzu University of China, Beijing, ChinaChongqing Vocational Institute of Engineering, Chongqing, ChinaCollege of State Governance, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaBackgroundChinese 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1421319/fullgrowth mindsethealth self-efficacyphysical exerciseself-rated healthself-regulation theory |
| spellingShingle | Tao Yu Change Zeng Lidong He Hu Ying Jie Liu Yuzhen Wu Jiayuan Li Yaxing Guo Yanjun Chen Xiaofu Pan Relationship between growth mindset and self-rated health in Chinese college teachers: sequential mediating effect of health self-efficacy and physical exercise Frontiers in Public Health growth mindset health self-efficacy physical exercise self-rated health self-regulation theory |
| title | Relationship between growth mindset and self-rated health in Chinese college teachers: sequential mediating effect of health self-efficacy and physical exercise |
| title_full | Relationship between growth mindset and self-rated health in Chinese college teachers: sequential mediating effect of health self-efficacy and physical exercise |
| title_fullStr | Relationship between growth mindset and self-rated health in Chinese college teachers: sequential mediating effect of health self-efficacy and physical exercise |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between growth mindset and self-rated health in Chinese college teachers: sequential mediating effect of health self-efficacy and physical exercise |
| title_short | Relationship between growth mindset and self-rated health in Chinese college teachers: sequential mediating effect of health self-efficacy and physical exercise |
| title_sort | relationship between growth mindset and self rated health in chinese college teachers sequential mediating effect of health self efficacy and physical exercise |
| topic | growth mindset health self-efficacy physical exercise self-rated health self-regulation theory |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1421319/full |
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