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The effect of sports participation on the social identity of Chinese university students

Objective: Strengthening youth sports and comprehensively promoting the participation of Chinese university students in sports to enhance their social acceptance are key initiatives for delivering high-quality talent for China’s economic and social development. Methods: Using the China Comprehensive...

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Main Authors: Ji, Shuyu, Chen, Shuwei, Yang, Xiannan, Liu, Tongshang, Wang, Xiaolin
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media SA 2024
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https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1511807/full
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1147922025-01-31T07:42:29Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114792/ The effect of sports participation on the social identity of Chinese university students Ji, Shuyu Chen, Shuwei Yang, Xiannan Liu, Tongshang Wang, Xiaolin Objective: Strengthening youth sports and comprehensively promoting the participation of Chinese university students in sports to enhance their social acceptance are key initiatives for delivering high-quality talent for China’s economic and social development. Methods: Using the China Comprehensive Social Survey as the data source and considering social mentality and social identity, we constructed corresponding statistical models to explore how sports participation influences the social identity (class identity, economic status, and emotional belonging) of Chinese university students. Results: Regarded from a holistic perspective, sports participation can enhance the social identity of college students in all its aspects, and the benefits of sports participation are positively related to its frequency. Under the condition of social mentality, sports participation has a positive effect on the social identity of college students in general and a nonsignificant effect only on certain dimensions. Under the social identity condition, the significance of sports participation for college students’ social identity decreases from lower to higher levels of education. Conclusion: Sports participation significantly enhances the social identity of Chinese university students, and the specific mechanism of the enhancement varies across the social mentality and social identity conditions. In this context, strengthening the role of sports participation in promoting the social identity of college students in the new era is necessary. Deepening the ideological content of physical education courses should be taken as the starting point to enhance the effectiveness of sports participation on the social identity of college students under the condition of social mentality. The effectiveness of sports participation on the social identity of college students with different social identities should be differentiated and enhanced. Frontiers Media SA 2024-11-28 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114792/1/114792.pdf Ji, Shuyu and Chen, Shuwei and Yang, Xiannan and Liu, Tongshang and Wang, Xiaolin (2024) The effect of sports participation on the social identity of Chinese university students. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. art. no. 1511807. pp. 1-13. ISSN 1664-1078; eISSN: 1664-1078 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1511807/full 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1511807
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description Objective: Strengthening youth sports and comprehensively promoting the participation of Chinese university students in sports to enhance their social acceptance are key initiatives for delivering high-quality talent for China’s economic and social development. Methods: Using the China Comprehensive Social Survey as the data source and considering social mentality and social identity, we constructed corresponding statistical models to explore how sports participation influences the social identity (class identity, economic status, and emotional belonging) of Chinese university students. Results: Regarded from a holistic perspective, sports participation can enhance the social identity of college students in all its aspects, and the benefits of sports participation are positively related to its frequency. Under the condition of social mentality, sports participation has a positive effect on the social identity of college students in general and a nonsignificant effect only on certain dimensions. Under the social identity condition, the significance of sports participation for college students’ social identity decreases from lower to higher levels of education. Conclusion: Sports participation significantly enhances the social identity of Chinese university students, and the specific mechanism of the enhancement varies across the social mentality and social identity conditions. In this context, strengthening the role of sports participation in promoting the social identity of college students in the new era is necessary. Deepening the ideological content of physical education courses should be taken as the starting point to enhance the effectiveness of sports participation on the social identity of college students under the condition of social mentality. The effectiveness of sports participation on the social identity of college students with different social identities should be differentiated and enhanced.
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author Ji, Shuyu
Chen, Shuwei
Yang, Xiannan
Liu, Tongshang
Wang, Xiaolin
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Chen, Shuwei
Yang, Xiannan
Liu, Tongshang
Wang, Xiaolin
The effect of sports participation on the social identity of Chinese university students
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Chen, Shuwei
Yang, Xiannan
Liu, Tongshang
Wang, Xiaolin
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title The effect of sports participation on the social identity of Chinese university students
title_short The effect of sports participation on the social identity of Chinese university students
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