A Study On The Relationship Between Sports Addiction, Personality Traits And Sports Motivation Among College Student

Objective : 1.Investigate the detection rate and overall degree of exercise dependence among college students;2.Explore the relationship between personality traits,exercise motivation,and exercise dependence;3.Verify the mediating effect of exercise motivation on the relationship between personality traits and exercise dependence.Methods : 1.The study selected college students from Shanghai Normal University as the survey subjects,distributed 864 questionnaires,and collected 843 valid questionnaires,including 445 males and 398 females;2.The survey was conducted using self-designed questionnaires on basic exercise information,Li Menglong’s exercise dependency scale,Chen Shanping’s revised exercise motivation scale,and Wang Mengcheng’s revised Big Five Personality Traits Scale;3.Independent sample t-tests and one-way ANOVA are conducted to analyze personality traits,exercise motivation,and exercise dependence among individuals of different genders,ages,and BMIs;4.Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between personality traits,exercise motivation,and exercise dependence;5.Using a stratified regression analysis with demographic characteristics as control variables,exercise dependence as the dependent variable,and personality traits and exercise motivation as the independent variables;6.Using a stratified regression analysis with demographic characteristics as control variables,exercise motivation as the dependent variable,and personality traits as the independent variables;7.Finally,using the PROCESS program to test the mediating effect of exercise motivation between personality traits and exercise dependence through a simple model(Model4).Results:1.The detection rate of exercise dependence among college students is35.6%,and the overall mean score of exercise dependence is 52.49;2.There are significant differences in personality traits,exercise motivation,and exercise dependence among different genders,ages,and BMIs;3.There is a positive correlation between personality traits and exercise dependence(P<0.01),as well as a positive correlation between exercise motivation and exercise dependence(P<0.01).Additionally,there is a positive correlation between personality traits and exercise motivation(P<0.01);4.Neuroticism(β=0.206,P<0.01),conscientiousness(β=0.141,P<0.01),agreeableness(β=0.067,P<0.05),openness(β=0.184,P<0.01),and extraversion(β=0.149,P<0.01)all had a positive effect on exercise dependence.Exercise motivation(β=0.605,P<0.01)had a significant positive effect on exercise dependence;5.Neuroticism(β=0.279,P<0.01),conscientiousness(β=0.077,P<0.05),agreeableness(β=0.211,P<0.01),openness(β=0.242,P<0.01),and extraversion(β=0.143,P<0.01)all had a positive effect on exercise motivation;6.Neuroticism,conscientiousness,openness,and extraversion can directly influence exercise dependence,or they can also affect exercise dependence through exercise motivation.Agreeableness can affect exercise dependence through exercise motivation as well.Conclusion:1.Symptoms of exercise dependence exist among college students,but the overall degree of exercise dependence is not deep;2.Personality traits and exercise motivation can have a positive influence on exercise dependence,and personality traits can also have a positive impact on exercise motivation;3.Exercise motivation has a partial mediating effect between neuroticism,conscientiousness,openness,extraversion and exercise dependence.Additionally,exercise motivation has a fully mediating effect between agreeableness and exercise dependence.