Objective To investigate the effect of body image improvement motivation on exercise persistence of female college students,and the mediating role between physical education learning engagement and social needs.Meth-ods A total of 442 female college students from 8 universities in Henan Province and Liaoning Province were surveyed by using the cluster random sampling method,based on the self-developed questionnaire of body image to improve motivation and social needs,and the scale of exercise persistence and physical learning engagement,and the SPSS macro-program PRO-CESS was used to test the mediating role of moderation.Results(1)There was a positive correlation between the four vari-ables of body image improvement motivation,physical learning engagement,social needs,and exercise persistence(P＜0.001).(2)Physical education learning investment had a mediating effect on the relationship between body image improve-ment motivation and exercise persistence,and the mediating effect accounted for 68.61％.(3)Social needs could significantly moderate the impact of body image improvement motivation on physical learning engagement(β=0.072,t=2.398,P=0.017)and exercise persistence(β=0.112,t=4.021,P＜0.001).Conclusions Body image improvement motivation can not only di-rectly and significantly predict exercise persistence,but also indirectly predict exercise persistence through physical educa-tion learning investment.With the increase or decrease of social needs,the positive predictive ability of body image improve-ment motivation on physical learning engagement and exer-cise persistence also fluctuated.
Female college studentBody imageExercise persistenceLearning engagementSocializing
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