ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Sport Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1557282
This article is part of the Research TopicPsychological Factors in Physical Education and Sport - Volume VView all 34 articles
Relationship between soccer physical activity enjoyment and Internet Addiction among adolescents: The chain mediating effect of emotional self-efficacy and athlete participation
Provisionally accepted
- Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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To explore the mechanism of adolescent school soccer players' participation in Internet addiction behavior, this study surveyed 579 young soccer players from 18 primary and secondary schools in Shaanxi Province using the soccer athlete participation scale, physical activity enjoyment scale, emotional self-efficacy scale, and Internet addiction scale. The participants included 310 males, 260 females, 411 primary school students (8-12 years), and 159 junior high school students (12-15 years). The results show that: (1) Internet addiction is negatively correlated with the enjoyment of participating in soccer. (2) Through the mediation of soccer participation, soccer's physical active enjoyment predicts Internet addiction. (3) Soccer physical actively enjoyment negatively predicts Internet addiction through the mediation of emotional self-efficacy. (4) Negative prediction of Internet addiction through the chain mediation of soccer athlete participation and emotional self-efficacy. This study constructed a chain mediating model with athlete participation and emotional self-efficacy as key mediating variables. This study provides a theoretical and practical basis for the intervention of Internet addiction through physical activity enjoyment and soccer athlete participation.
Keywords: Soccer, adolescents, Physical activity enjoyment, Internet addiction, Chain mediation model
Received: 08 Jan 2025; Accepted: 18 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Shan, Che, Shui, Ma, Wang and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Liang Shan, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
Yizhou Shui, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
Ning Ma, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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