The Effect of Physical Exercise on Depression in College Students:Chain Mediating Role of Internet Addiction and Interpersonal Skills
A survey has been conducted on 1 632 college students by using the Physical Activity Scale,Internet Addiction Scale,Interpersonal Competence Scale,and Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition to explore the effects of physical activity on depression and the mediating role of Internet addiction and interpersonal competence.The results find that:College students'physical exercise is significantly negatively correlated with Internet addiction and depression,and significantly positively correlated with interpersonal competence;Internet addiction is significantly negatively correlated with interpersonal competence and significantly positively correlated with depression;and Interpersonal competence is significantly negatively correlated with depression.College students'physical activity has both significant direct and indirect effects on depression,and the indirect effects include three pathways:mediation through Internet addiction,mediation through interpersonal competence,and chain mediation through the Internet addiction-interpersonal competence.Internet addiction and interpersonal competence plays a chain mediating role on college students'physical activity and depression,and physical activity not only directly affects college students'depression,but also indirectly affects college students'depression through the chain mediating role of them.
college studentsphysical exercisedepressioninternet addictioninterpersonal skills