TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Effects of physical exercise on non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents: the chain mediating role of perceived social support and self-concept
JO  - Frontiers in psychiatry
A1  - Yu, Haoran
A1  - Mu, Qinglei
A1  - Li, Ke
SP  - e1201863
EP  - e1201863
VL  - 14
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-0640
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1201863
ID  - ref1
ER  -