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Who Benefits More from Physical Exercise? On the Relations between Personality, Physical Exercise, and Well-Being
Jialing Miao1, Wei Liao2,*, Baoguo Xie3
1
School of Entrepreneurship, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
2
School of Management, Wuhan University of Bioengineering, Wuhan, 430415, China
3
School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
* Corresponding Author: Wei Liao. Email:
(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Quality of Life, Well-Being and Mental Health in the context of Physical Activity and Health)
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion 2023, 25(10), 1147-1157. https://doi.org/10.32604/ijmhp.2023.030671
Received 18 April 2023; Accepted 26 July 2023; Issue published 03 November 2023
Abstract
Although employers believe that encouraging and supporting physical exercise activities by purchasing fitness equipment and building
sports venues can improve employees’ well-being, the utilization rate is rather low. Since most of the evidence of the well-being promotion
in the workplace concentrated on the perspectives of organizational factors and psychosocial factors and focused on the reduction of the
negative affect of well-being, it is still an open question whether physical exercise has benefits on both negative and positive affect of wellbeing and who benefits more from physical exercise. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of physical exercise on
occupational well-being (job burnout and work engagement) and examine whether effectiveness depends on personality traits. Online
questionnaires were distributed. The sample included 671 participants from different enterprises in China. Results showed that the
effectiveness of physical exercise was also applicable to well-being in the workplace. Physical exercise was negatively correlated with job
burnout and positively correlated with work engagement. The effectiveness was different among employees with different personality
traits. Contrary to our expectation, individuals with neuroticism were more likely to improve their work engagement through physical
exercise. Extroversion and conscientiousness weakened the benefits of physical exercise. Therefore, differences of effectiveness among
different personality traits emphasize the need for a more personalized strategy in physical exercise interventions.
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APA Style
Miao, J., Liao, W., Xie, B. (2023). Who benefits more from physical exercise? on the relations between personality, physical exercise, and well-being. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 25(10), 1147-1157. https://doi.org/10.32604/ijmhp.2023.030671
Vancouver Style
Miao J, Liao W, Xie B. Who benefits more from physical exercise? on the relations between personality, physical exercise, and well-being. Int J Ment Health Promot. 2023;25(10):1147-1157 https://doi.org/10.32604/ijmhp.2023.030671
IEEE Style
J. Miao, W. Liao, and B. Xie "Who Benefits More from Physical Exercise? On the Relations between Personality, Physical Exercise, and Well-Being," Int. J. Ment. Health Promot., vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 1147-1157. 2023. https://doi.org/10.32604/ijmhp.2023.030671