The Relationship Between College Students' Exercise Commitment, Personality Traits And Exercise Behavior

Regular exercise can bring people physiological and psychological benefits,such as lowering cholesterol,reducing fat,relieving symptoms of diabetes,etc.Psychologically,it can reduce anxiety and depression,improve mood,improve self-concept,improve quality of life,etc.However,most people can not stick to it.Exercise psychologists have studied different factors affecting exercise behavior,among which personality and exercise commitment will have an impact on exercise behavior.On the basis of previous studies,this paper takes the exercise commitment as the theoretical framework,and further explores the relationship between exercise commitment,personality traits and exercise behavior.Participants in the study included 479 college students from four universities in Nanjing.The participants provided demographic information and completed the measurements of exercise commitment,Big five personality,and exercise behavior.In terms of exercise commitment,regression analysis shows that ‘want to' comment,personal investmens can positively predict the total exercise amount and the exercise persistence.Invovlement alternatives can negatively predict the total exercise amount and the exercise persistence,while satisfaction,social sonstraint,and social support had no effect on total exercise amount and exercise persistence.In the aspect of Big five personality,extroversion can positively predict total exercise amount,openness can positively predict exercise persistence,while neuroticism,conscientiousness,and agreeableness has no effect on total exercise amount and exercise persistence.In order to further explore the relationship between ‘want to' commitment and exercise behavior,the structural equation model shows that extroversion and agreeableness have no direct effect on exercise behavior,but indirectly influence exercise behavior through ‘want to' commitment,and openness has direct and indirect effects on exercise behavior.The results can be used to formulate the intervention strategies of college students' persistence in exercise,such as using the exercise commitment model to enhance the internal motivation of college students' exercise,and to further enhance their exercise behavior by cultivating the students' adventurous spirit and social ability.