AUTHOR=Guo Shuai , Izydorczyk Bernadetta , Lipowska Małgorzata , Lizinczyk Sebastian , Kamionka Agata , Sajewicz-Radtke Urszula , Radtke Bartosz M. , Liu Taofeng , Lipowski Mariusz 

TITLE=Sociocultural predictors of obligatory exercise in young men: A Polish-Chinese comparison

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1123864

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1123864

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=The main aim of this study was to determine which sociocultural predictors of obligatory exercise among young men are universal for each individual and which are specific to a particular cultural condition (Polish or Chinese culture). We examined the potential direct and indirect effects of sociocultural attitudes toward the body in relation to obligatory exercise in young Polish and Chinese men aged 18-30 years. The main analyses showed that Internalization-Athlete was a common direct predictor of obligatory exercise for both Polish and Chinese young men; that there were direct sociocultural predictors of obligatory exercise that were used only in relation to Polish or Chinese young men; and that social adaptation goals for motivation for physical activity mediated the development of obligatory exercise for Polish and Chinese young men and that there were cross-cultural differences. When understanding young men's obligatory exercise, attention should be paid to their attitudes towards the idea of a muscular and athletic body and socially adapted physical activity motivations, considering cross-cultural differences.