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  "abstract": "Purpose: To investigate the longitudinal relationship between university students’ subjective exercise experiences and their physical exercise behavior using a cross-lagged research design, and to analyze the moderating role of motivational beliefs in this relationship.\n\nMethods: A one-year, two-stage longitudinal questionnaire survey was conducted among 422 university students in Jiangxi Province (52.6% male, mean age = 18.29 ± 0.632 years) using the Subjective Exercise Experience Scale, the Adolescent Physical Activity Scale, the Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale and the Perceived Value of Exercise Scale.\n\nResults: (1) Gender differences were observed in both subjective exercise experience and physical exercise behavior across the two phases; male participants scored higher on average than female participants across all measures. (2) There was a significant positive correlation between subjective exercise experience and physical exercise behavior among university students. (3) Results from a cross-lagged model controlling for gender indicated that subjective exercise experience at T1 significantly and positively predicted physical exercise behavior at T2 ( β = 0.385, p < 0.001), and physical exercise behavior at T1 significantly and positively predicted subjective exercise experience at T2 ( β = 0.336, p < 0.001). (4) Motivational beliefs exerted a significant positive moderating effect on both cross-lagged pathways.\n\nConclusion: Gender differences exist in both subjective exercise experience and physical exercise behavior among university students; there is a longitudinal relationship across time between subjective exercise experience and physical exercise behavior; and motivational beliefs exert a significant moderating effect on the prospective predictive pathways between subjective exercise experience and physical exercise behavior.",
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    "School of Physical Education, Jiangxi Normal University",
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      "name": "Ting Zhang"
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      "name": "Xinqi He"
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      "name": "Peng Jia"
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      "name": "Jing Li"
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      "name": "Luzhen Ding"
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  "doi": "10.3389/fpubh.2026.1972061",
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  "published": "2026-10-29",
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  "title": "The longitudinal relationship between subjective exercise experience and physical exercise among university students: the moderating role of motivational beliefs",
  "title_text": "The longitudinal relationship between subjective exercise experience and physical exercise among university students: the moderating role of motivational beliefs",
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  "updated_at": "2026-10-31T00:21:09Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/e8dw324sahwnj",
  "venue": "Frontiers in Public Health",
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