Author(s)

Leqing Zhu and Baolin Dong

Corresponding Author

Leqing Zhu

Abstract

The aims of this study were to assess the influence of boredom proneness on exercise behavior and verify the mediating effect of expression suppression between both of the above. Multidimensional state boredom scale (MSBS), expression suppression scale (ESS) and physical activity rating scale (PARS-3) was used as measure tools to investigate 2052 college students. Boredom proneness were ubiquitous among them. Expression suppression in emotion regulation strategies was seldom stimulated to cope with stress events. The exercise behaviors' characteristics mainly demonstrated “medium & short duration”, “low intensity”, “small frequency”, et al.. The gender differences were significant in exercise intensity and frequency (males' were significantly higher than females'). Regressions of boredom proneness and the expression suppression to each index of exercise behaviors were significantly negative influence respectively (p<0.001); Expression suppression acted on partial mediating effect between boredom proneness and each index of exercise behaviors. And, gender was significant difference in the chain of the boredom proneness's influences on exercise intensity and frequency. It may be an effective strategy to improve the exercise behaviors by improving the subjective cognition of exercise and alleviating the regulation strategy of expression suppression.

Keywords

Boredom Proneness; Exercise Behavior; Expression Suppression; Mediating Effect