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August 17, 2025Frontiers in PsychologyOpen Access

How physical activity enhances academic engagement in middle school: a serial mediation model of interpersonal relationships and academic support

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JZJunmin ZhangYLYongfeng LiuXZXiaogang Zhang

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Study reveals that physical activity influences academic engagement in middle school via interpersonal relationships and academic support.

Key Points

  • Physical activity positively predicts academic engagement among middle school students, enhancing their learning experience.
  • A significant 31.8% of variance in academic engagement is explained by the serial mediation of interpersonal relationships and academic support.
  • Analysis included 746 middle school participants, revealing negative and positive correlations across variables measured.
  • Findings call for targeted interventions to boost academic engagement through increasing physical activity and fostering support networks.

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Zhang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a3548d234c60ad5c20ef04https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1632130
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