Moderated by personal perception: The preventive relationship between home HIIT dance and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in China
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Yifan Hu1,2, KwanJung Son1, Zheng Yang3
1Department of Dance, College of Performing Arts and Sport, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Introduction:
Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic were believed to greatly increase the risk of depression among isolated residents in both China and in Western countries. How to effectively reduce this risk has become one of the key issues in the field of public mental health.
Methods:
The present study seeks to examine the preventive relationship between doing home HIIT dance-which became popular during Shanghai's COVID-19 lockdown in 2022-and depression, and how such a preventive relationship has been mediated by different personal perception factors using an online survey with 528 samples.
Results:
The preventive relationship between doing home HIIT dance and depression was differently mediated by residents' personal perception factors, such as perceived benefits, severity, and self-efficacy, based on the health belief model.
Discussion:
These results deepen the research on the psychological effects of doing home HIIT dance on preventing depression, especially in the COVID-19 lockdown period, emphasizing the possible moderation effects of different self-perception factors.
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