PMID- 32581908
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240329
IS  - 1664-1078 (Print)
IS  - 1664-1078 (Electronic)
IS  - 1664-1078 (Linking)
VI  - 11
DP  - 2020
TI  - The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Emotional Intelligence in College 
      Students: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy.
PG  - 967
LID - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00967 [doi]
LID - 967
AB  - BACKGROUND: College students are an inexhaustible driving force for social 
      development, and college students with good physical and psychological qualities 
      can better adapt to changes in the external environment. The purpose of this 
      study was to explore the intrinsic relationship of physical activity and 
      emotional intelligence among college students and to determine the primary role 
      of self-efficacy in their relationships. METHODS: Eight hundred thirty-five 
      college students from two comprehensive universities in Southwest China, whose 
      average age was 20.13 +/- 1.06 years old, were investigated using the Physical 
      Activity Rating Scale (PARS-3), Chinese Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS), 
      General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and other measuring tools. SPSS 22.0 software 
      was used to analyze and process the data with Independent sample t-test, One-way 
      ANOVA, Pearson correlation analysis, and regression analysis, and Amos 21.0 
      software was used to build the structural equation model. RESULTS: (1) In terms 
      of physical activity amount, self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence, male 
      college students scored higher than female students. Furthermore, college 
      students in humanities and social sciences had lower self-efficacy. In contrast, 
      senior students had the lowest levels of physical activity and self-efficacy, and 
      there was no discipline or grade distribution difference in emotional 
      intelligence. (2) Physical activity amount was positively correlated with 
      emotional intelligence (r = 0.24, P < 0.001) and with self-efficacy (r = 0.26, P 
      < 0.001), and self-efficacy was positively correlated with emotional intelligence 
      in college students (r = 0.18, P < 0.001). (3) Self-efficacy played a partial 
      mediating role between physical activity and emotional intelligence in college 
      students (ES = 0.06). CONCLUSION: Regular physical activity can improve the 
      self-efficacy and emotional intelligence of college students, and effectively 
      promote the physical and mental development of students.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Wang, Yang, Zhang, Ouyang, Liu and Luo.
FAU - Wang, Kun
AU  - Wang K
AD  - Research Centre for Activity Detoxification, College of Physical Education, 
      Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
FAU - Yang, Ying
AU  - Yang Y
AD  - College of Physical Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, China.
FAU - Zhang, Tingran
AU  - Zhang T
AD  - Research Centre for Activity Detoxification, College of Physical Education, 
      Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
FAU - Ouyang, Yiyi
AU  - Ouyang Y
AD  - Research Centre for Activity Detoxification, College of Physical Education, 
      Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
FAU - Liu, Bin
AU  - Liu B
AD  - Research Centre for Activity Detoxification, College of Physical Education, 
      Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
FAU - Luo, Jiong
AU  - Luo J
AD  - Research Centre for Activity Detoxification, College of Physical Education, 
      Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200609
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Psychol
JT  - Frontiers in psychology
JID - 101550902
PMC - PMC7296084
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - college students
OT  - emotional intelligence
OT  - mediation
OT  - mental health
OT  - physical activity
OT  - self-efficacy
EDAT- 2020/06/26 06:00
MHDA- 2020/06/26 06:01
PMCR- 2020/06/09
CRDT- 2020/06/26 06:00
PHST- 2020/01/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/04/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/06/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/06/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/06/26 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/06/09 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00967 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Psychol. 2020 Jun 9;11:967. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00967. eCollection 
      2020.