Psychology Research and Behavior Management (Feb 2024)
Research on the Relations Among Personality Traits, Sports Commitment, and Exercise Behavior — A Case Study of Chinese College Students
Abstract
Zhendong Zhang,1,* Yonghuan Chen,2,3,* Lei Zhang3,4 1School of Physical Education, Zhengzhou Sias University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Marine Sports, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea; 3School of Physical Education (Main Campus), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Sports Science, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, South Korea*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Lei Zhang, Email [email protected]: To explore the relations among personality traits, sports commitment, and exercise behavior of Chinese college students. To test whether sports commitment plays an intermediary role in the process of personality traits affecting exercise behavior. To explore the factors that affect Chinese college students’ exercise behavior from the psychological level, to promote college students to actively participate in physical exercise.Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted on 1200 students from 6 universities using the “Personality Trait Scale”, “Sports Commitment Scale” and “Exercise Behavior Scale”. SPSS was used to analyze the differences between genders and urban and rural areas; and correlation analysis was conducted on the personality traits, sports commitment, and exercise behaviors of college students. Finally, AMOS was used to establish a structural equation model to test the mediating role of sports commitment.Results: There are significant differences between different genders in each factor of personality traits (P 0.05). There was a significant correlation among personality traits, sports commitment, and exercise behavior (P 0.05), but there was only the mediating effect of sports commitment.Conclusion: There is a significant correlation among Chinese college students’ personality traits, sports commitment, and exercise behavior. Sports commitment plays an intermediary role between personality traits and sports commitment. Improving the level of sports commitment can encourage Chinese college students to participate in physical exercise.Keywords: personality traits, sports commitment, exercise behavior, AMOS
