Physical exercise and social anxiety in college students: Cell phone addiction tendency and self-control as mediators
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Ou, Y.,
Guo, K., &
Cheng, Y.
(2025). Physical exercise and social anxiety in college students: Cell phone addiction tendency and self-control as mediators.
Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal,
53(10),
e14547.
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Physical exercise plays an important role in improving college students’ social anxiety. This study explored the relationship between these variables, as well as the mediating roles of cell phone addiction tendency and self-control. We recruited 1,209 college students using stratified cluster random sampling and asked them to complete the Physical Activity Scale, the Social Anxiety Scale, the Mobile Phone Addiction Scale, and the Self-Control Scale. The results showed that physical exercise was negatively correlated with college students’ social anxiety. Further, cell phone addiction tendency and self-control had both independent and chain mediating effects between physical exercise and social anxiety among college students. Our findings have great significance for improving social anxiety among college students.
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