The Influence of Exercise Motivation on Positive Emotions of College Students:The Mediating Role of Exercise Persistence and the Moderating Role of Perceived Social Support
To explore the effect mechanism of exercise motivation on positive emotions in college students,and to investigate the mediating effect of exercise persistence between exercise motivation and positive emotions,and the moderating effect of per⁃ceived social support on this mediating effect.Methods:855 college students were measured by the exercise motivation scale,positive emotion scale,exercise persistence questionnaire and perceptive social support scale.SPSS 26.0 and R language were used to analyze the mediating effect and moderating effect.Results:(1)Exercise motivation had a significant positive predic⁃tive effect on college students'positive emotions.(2)Exercise persistence partially mediates the relationship between exercise motivation and positive emotion.(3)The first and second half of the mediating path of"exercise motivation⁃exercise persist⁃ence⁃positive emotion"are regulated by perceived social support level,that is,when the perceived social support level is high,exercise motivation has a stronger promoting effect on exercise persistence,and the positive effect of exercise persistence on positive emotion will also be enhanced.Conclusion:Exercise motivation can not only directly affect positive emotions,but also increase positive emotions by promoting exercise persistence in college students,and the effect is more obvious in college students with higher levels of perceived social support.
exercise motivationpositive emotionexercise persistenceperceived social supportmoderated mediation