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Cultural moderation in sports impact: exploring sports-induced effects on educational progress, cognitive focus, and social development in Chinese higher education

Background: This research examines the nuanced challenges confronting Chinese university students within the dynamic milieu of Chinese education. The study comprehensively investigates factors encompassing educational progress, social development, cognitive focus, and Psychological Well-being (PWB),...

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Main Authors: Wang, Qinglei, Zainal Abidin, Nor Eeza, Aman, Mohd Salleh, Wang, Nina, Ma, Luhong, Liu, Pan
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Published: BioMed Central 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106323/
https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-024-01584-1
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1063232024-05-16T09:24:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106323/ Cultural moderation in sports impact: exploring sports-induced effects on educational progress, cognitive focus, and social development in Chinese higher education Wang, Qinglei Zainal Abidin, Nor Eeza Aman, Mohd Salleh Wang, Nina Ma, Luhong Liu, Pan Background: This research examines the nuanced challenges confronting Chinese university students within the dynamic milieu of Chinese education. The study comprehensively investigates factors encompassing educational progress, social development, cognitive focus, and Psychological Well-being (PWB), specifically emphasizing the role of sports participation. Methods: To scrutinize the moderation-mediation nexus between cultural context and social development, a distribution of 500 questionnaires was administered to Chinese university students, yielding 413 responses, corresponding to an 82.6 response rate. Methodologically, this study employed moderation and mediation analyses, incorporating statistical techniques such as a principal component matrix, factor analysis, and hierarchical regression. Findings: Prominent findings underscore the significant impact of age on educational progress, shaping the trajectory of academic advancement. Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) emerges as a promising metric, establishing a link between academic performance and educational progress. Active involvement in sports and physical activities (PSPA) positively affects academic performance and study habits. Participation in sports teams and clubs (ISTC) enriches social development by nurturing interpersonal relationships, teamwork, and leadership skills. Sports activities (ESA) correlate with enhanced cognitive focus and improved psychological well-being. Significantly, the findings unveil a nuanced association between Perceived Social Development Through Sports (PSDTS) and educational progress. Conclusions: Cultural Context (CC) moderates PSDTS, Sport-induced Cognitive Focus (SICF), and PWB, influencing educational progress. This study emphasizes the need for enhanced support systems—academic guidance, awareness, sports programs, and cultural competence training—to advance student well-being and academic achievement in China, fostering an empowering educational environment for societal progress. BioMed Central 2024 Article PeerReviewed Wang, Qinglei and Zainal Abidin, Nor Eeza and Aman, Mohd Salleh and Wang, Nina and Ma, Luhong and Liu, Pan (2024) Cultural moderation in sports impact: exploring sports-induced effects on educational progress, cognitive focus, and social development in Chinese higher education. BMC Psychology, 12 (1). art. no. 89. pp. 1-15. ISSN 2050-7283 https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-024-01584-1 10.1186/s40359-024-01584-1
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description Background: This research examines the nuanced challenges confronting Chinese university students within the dynamic milieu of Chinese education. The study comprehensively investigates factors encompassing educational progress, social development, cognitive focus, and Psychological Well-being (PWB), specifically emphasizing the role of sports participation. Methods: To scrutinize the moderation-mediation nexus between cultural context and social development, a distribution of 500 questionnaires was administered to Chinese university students, yielding 413 responses, corresponding to an 82.6 response rate. Methodologically, this study employed moderation and mediation analyses, incorporating statistical techniques such as a principal component matrix, factor analysis, and hierarchical regression. Findings: Prominent findings underscore the significant impact of age on educational progress, shaping the trajectory of academic advancement. Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) emerges as a promising metric, establishing a link between academic performance and educational progress. Active involvement in sports and physical activities (PSPA) positively affects academic performance and study habits. Participation in sports teams and clubs (ISTC) enriches social development by nurturing interpersonal relationships, teamwork, and leadership skills. Sports activities (ESA) correlate with enhanced cognitive focus and improved psychological well-being. Significantly, the findings unveil a nuanced association between Perceived Social Development Through Sports (PSDTS) and educational progress. Conclusions: Cultural Context (CC) moderates PSDTS, Sport-induced Cognitive Focus (SICF), and PWB, influencing educational progress. This study emphasizes the need for enhanced support systems—academic guidance, awareness, sports programs, and cultural competence training—to advance student well-being and academic achievement in China, fostering an empowering educational environment for societal progress.
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author Wang, Qinglei
Zainal Abidin, Nor Eeza
Aman, Mohd Salleh
Wang, Nina
Ma, Luhong
Liu, Pan
spellingShingle Wang, Qinglei
Zainal Abidin, Nor Eeza
Aman, Mohd Salleh
Wang, Nina
Ma, Luhong
Liu, Pan
Cultural moderation in sports impact: exploring sports-induced effects on educational progress, cognitive focus, and social development in Chinese higher education
author_facet Wang, Qinglei
Zainal Abidin, Nor Eeza
Aman, Mohd Salleh
Wang, Nina
Ma, Luhong
Liu, Pan
author_sort Wang, Qinglei
title Cultural moderation in sports impact: exploring sports-induced effects on educational progress, cognitive focus, and social development in Chinese higher education
title_short Cultural moderation in sports impact: exploring sports-induced effects on educational progress, cognitive focus, and social development in Chinese higher education
title_full Cultural moderation in sports impact: exploring sports-induced effects on educational progress, cognitive focus, and social development in Chinese higher education
title_fullStr Cultural moderation in sports impact: exploring sports-induced effects on educational progress, cognitive focus, and social development in Chinese higher education
title_full_unstemmed Cultural moderation in sports impact: exploring sports-induced effects on educational progress, cognitive focus, and social development in Chinese higher education
title_sort cultural moderation in sports impact: exploring sports-induced effects on educational progress, cognitive focus, and social development in chinese higher education
publisher BioMed Central
publishDate 2024
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106323/
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