Physical activity and social adaptation in high school students: the chain mediating roles of interpersonal relationships and psychological resilience.

Physical activity was positively correlated with social adaptation among high school students.

• Sample consisted of 1,093 high school students in Henan Province, China.
• Students completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-S) and the Social Adaptive Capacity Diagnostic Scale.
• Data analysis was performed using SPSS software and the Process plugin.
• Data visualization was carried out using RStudio.

Physical activity was correlated with both interpersonal relationships and psychological resilience.

• Interpersonal relationships were measured using the Interpersonal Relationship Comprehensive Diagnostic Scale.
• Psychological resilience was measured using the Adolescent Psychological Resilience Scale.
• Both mediators showed significant correlations with physical activity.
• The study used N = 1,093 high school students to establish these correlations.

Interpersonal relationships independently mediated the relationship between physical activity and social adaptation.

• The independent mediation effect of interpersonal relationships was identified using the Process plugin in SPSS.
• This represents one of two independent mediation pathways identified in the study.
• The sample of 1,093 high school students from Henan Province, China was used for this analysis.
• Students completed assessments in their classrooms.

Psychological resilience independently mediated the relationship between physical activity and social adaptation.

• The independent mediation effect of psychological resilience was identified using the Process plugin in SPSS.
• This represents the second of two independent mediation pathways identified in the study.
• The Adolescent Psychological Resilience Scale was used to measure this construct.
• The mediation analysis was conducted with N = 1,093 high school students.

Physical activity was associated with social adaptation through a chain mediation pathway involving both interpersonal relationships and psychological resilience sequentially.

• The chain mediation model tested the pathway: physical activity → interpersonal relationships → psychological resilience → social adaptation.
• This chain mediation effect was identified in addition to the two independent mediation effects.
• The Process plugin was used to test the chain mediation model.
• The study highlights interpersonal relationships and psychological resilience as mechanisms of the association between physical activity and social adaptation.