@article{ref1,
title="Effects of physical exercise on non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents: the chain mediating role of perceived social support and self-concept",
journal="Frontiers in psychiatry",
year="2023",
author="Yu, Haoran and Mu, Qinglei and Li, Ke",
volume="14",
number="",
pages="e1201863-e1201863",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of physical exercise on non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents and to verify the chain mediating role of perceived social support and self-concept. <br><br>METHODS: A survey study was conducted on 1,426 adolescents in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. A chain mediation model was used to verify whether perceived social support and self-concept played a mediating role. <br><br>RESULTS: Physical exercise was significantly negatively associated with non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents (β = -0.53, p < 0.01) and significantly positively associated with perceived social support and self-concept (β = 0.52, 0.54, p < 0.01), and perceived social support and self-concept were significantly negatively associated with non-suicidal self-injury (β = -0.59, p < 0.01; β = -0.64, p < 0.01), and perceived social support was able to significantly and positively associate self-concept (β = 0.76, p < 0.01). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Perceived social support and self-concept play a chain mediating role in the effect of physical exercise on non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents, and it is recommended that the development of perceived social support and self-concept be emphasized during adolescents' development, which has the potential to reduce the incidence of non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors in adolescents.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-0640",
doi="10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1201863",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1201863"
}