Relationships among social support, healthy lifestyle beliefs, physical literacy, and enjoyment of physical activity: a moderated mediation model
ObjectiveThis study aims to examine the relationships between social support, physical literacy, and healthy lifestyle beliefs in adolescents and to investigate the moderating effect of enjoyment of physical activities on these relationships.MethodThe study was conducted with the participation of 1,...
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| author | Mehmet Akif Yücekaya Sinan Uğraş Ahmet Enes Sagin Arif Çetin Teodora-Mihaela Iconomescu Laurențiu-Gabriel Talaghir |
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| description | ObjectiveThis study aims to examine the relationships between social support, physical literacy, and healthy lifestyle beliefs in adolescents and to investigate the moderating effect of enjoyment of physical activities on these relationships.MethodThe study was conducted with the participation of 1,349 adolescents. The ages of the participants ranged between 10 and 14 years, and 49.6% were male (n = 669) and 50.4% were female (n = 680). Data were collected using the Healthy Lifestyle Belief Scale for Adolescents to measure adolescents' healthy lifestyle beliefs, the Perceived Physical Literacy Scale for Adolescents (PPLSA) to determine their physical literacy levels, the Social Support Scale in Physical Activities to assess the perception of social support, and the Enjoyment of Physical Activity Scale to measure the level of enjoyment of physical activities. The study tested the moderated mediation model for its association among the variables.ResultsThe model developed in this study found social support in PA predicted health lifestyle beliefs, positively, and significantly. Social support and perceptions of a healthy lifestyle are moderated by physical literacy, research shows. A further analysis also found that the relationship between physical literacy and social support is moderated by enjoyment of physical activities. However, the association between social support and healthy lifestyle beliefs and between physical literacy and healthy lifestyle beliefs were not appreciably influenced by enjoyment in physical activity. The findings indicated that social support has a positive and significant effect on physical literacy and attitudes toward healthy lifestyle. Physical literacy was identified as a central contributor to improving adolescents' health habits by mediating the relationship between social support and conceptions of healthy living. However, the enjoyment of fitness did not matter in some situations, the study found. These results further illustrate the importance of promoting social support and physical literacy instruction to promote a wellness lifestyle adoption by adolescents. The possible long-term effects of feeling good about exercising in various settings, and for health-related habits, should receive more scrutiny. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d2b6048bbf4d47028fdcb690b3fb20782025-08-20T03:59:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-08-011310.3389/fpubh.2025.16171241617124Relationships among social support, healthy lifestyle beliefs, physical literacy, and enjoyment of physical activity: a moderated mediation modelMehmet Akif Yücekaya0Sinan Uğraş1Ahmet Enes Sagin2Arif Çetin3Teodora-Mihaela Iconomescu4Laurențiu-Gabriel Talaghir5Department of Sports Management, School of Physical Education and Sports, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, TürkiyeDepartment of Physical Education and Sports Teaching, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, TürkiyeDepartment of Coaching Education, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Bartin University, Bartýn, TürkiyeDepartment of Sports Management, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Marmara University, Kadıköy, TürkiyeDepartment of Sport Games and Physical Education, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Dunarea de Jos University, Galați, RomaniaDepartment of Individual Sport and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Dunarea de Jos University, Galați, RomaniaObjectiveThis study aims to examine the relationships between social support, physical literacy, and healthy lifestyle beliefs in adolescents and to investigate the moderating effect of enjoyment of physical activities on these relationships.MethodThe study was conducted with the participation of 1,349 adolescents. The ages of the participants ranged between 10 and 14 years, and 49.6% were male (n = 669) and 50.4% were female (n = 680). Data were collected using the Healthy Lifestyle Belief Scale for Adolescents to measure adolescents' healthy lifestyle beliefs, the Perceived Physical Literacy Scale for Adolescents (PPLSA) to determine their physical literacy levels, the Social Support Scale in Physical Activities to assess the perception of social support, and the Enjoyment of Physical Activity Scale to measure the level of enjoyment of physical activities. The study tested the moderated mediation model for its association among the variables.ResultsThe model developed in this study found social support in PA predicted health lifestyle beliefs, positively, and significantly. Social support and perceptions of a healthy lifestyle are moderated by physical literacy, research shows. A further analysis also found that the relationship between physical literacy and social support is moderated by enjoyment of physical activities. However, the association between social support and healthy lifestyle beliefs and between physical literacy and healthy lifestyle beliefs were not appreciably influenced by enjoyment in physical activity. The findings indicated that social support has a positive and significant effect on physical literacy and attitudes toward healthy lifestyle. Physical literacy was identified as a central contributor to improving adolescents' health habits by mediating the relationship between social support and conceptions of healthy living. However, the enjoyment of fitness did not matter in some situations, the study found. These results further illustrate the importance of promoting social support and physical literacy instruction to promote a wellness lifestyle adoption by adolescents. The possible long-term effects of feeling good about exercising in various settings, and for health-related habits, should receive more scrutiny.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1617124/fullsocial supportphysical literacyhealthy lifestyle beliefsphysical activityadolescents |
| spellingShingle | Mehmet Akif Yücekaya Sinan Uğraş Ahmet Enes Sagin Arif Çetin Teodora-Mihaela Iconomescu Laurențiu-Gabriel Talaghir Relationships among social support, healthy lifestyle beliefs, physical literacy, and enjoyment of physical activity: a moderated mediation model Frontiers in Public Health social support physical literacy healthy lifestyle beliefs physical activity adolescents |
| title | Relationships among social support, healthy lifestyle beliefs, physical literacy, and enjoyment of physical activity: a moderated mediation model |
| title_full | Relationships among social support, healthy lifestyle beliefs, physical literacy, and enjoyment of physical activity: a moderated mediation model |
| title_fullStr | Relationships among social support, healthy lifestyle beliefs, physical literacy, and enjoyment of physical activity: a moderated mediation model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationships among social support, healthy lifestyle beliefs, physical literacy, and enjoyment of physical activity: a moderated mediation model |
| title_short | Relationships among social support, healthy lifestyle beliefs, physical literacy, and enjoyment of physical activity: a moderated mediation model |
| title_sort | relationships among social support healthy lifestyle beliefs physical literacy and enjoyment of physical activity a moderated mediation model |
| topic | social support physical literacy healthy lifestyle beliefs physical activity adolescents |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1617124/full |
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