THE MANAGEMENT OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE BEHAVIOR FOR GUANGXI UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
In china, the physical health level of university students is still on the decline by year, regular physical exercise is helpful to improve the physical health level of university students. However, how to promotie university students’ physical exercise behavior is still a missing link. School is an important venue for adolescents to engage in physical exercise, a supportive school environment and high-quality physical education can provide students with exercise and health literacy for physical and mental health and an active lifestyle. The primary objective of this study is to explore the relationship between school sport environment, exercise motivation, exercise self-efficacy and physical exercise behavior for university students in Guangxi; and to develop model of promoting physical exercise behavior for university students in Guangxi. This study adopts quantitative and qualitative mixed research methods, the structural equation model is used to analyze the data collected by the questionnaires, the "Weiciyun" tool is used to analyze the results of focus group discussions. The results of the study indicate that school sports environment has a positive and significant influence on exercise motivation, exercise self-efficacy and physical exercise behavior for university students in Guangxi. Exercise motivation and exercise self-efficacy also has a positive and significant influence on physical exercise behavior for university students in Guangxi. Exercise motivation and exercise self-efficacy plays a mediating role between school sport environment and physical exercise behavior for university students in Guangxi. This study develops model of promoting physical exercise behavior for university students in Guangxi; enriches the theoretical literature and empirical about management of physical exercise behavior; can help universities to formulate targeted promote policies for physical exercise behavior.
School Sport Environment, Exercise Motivation, Exercise Self-Efficacy, Physical Exercise Behavior, University Students.