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Xujuan Guo1, Biao Zhang1, Jun Ma2
1School of Education, China West Normal University, Nanchong, China.
Abstract:
This study investigated the relationship between cumulative family risk and sports engagement among Chinese college students majoring in physical education, as well as the mediating roles of perceived social support and self-control in the relationship between cumulative family risk and sports engagement. A total of 1,009 physical education students (aged 17-35 years, median (M) = 21.19 years, standard deviation (SD) = 2.70 years) completed scales on cumulative family risk, perceived social support in sports, self-control, and sports engagement. We found that cumulative family risk was significantly negatively associated with sports engagement, perceived social support and self-control. However, sports engagement was significantly positively associated with perceived social support and self-control. In addition, the results of structural equation modeling revealed that the association between cumulative family risk and sports engagement was indirectly influenced by perceived social support and self-control. Cumulative family risk is a strong risk factor for sports engagement, and the parallel mediation model constructed in this study may guide interventions for sports engagement among college physical education students.
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