Effects of aerobic exercise on body self-esteem among Chinese college students: A meta-analysis

Junwen Shu, Tianci Lu, Baole Tao, Hanwen Chen, Haoran Sui, Lingzhi Wang, Ye Zhang and Jun Yan

PLOS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-26

Abstract: Objective: To investigate the effect of aerobic exercise on five dimensions of physical self-worth, exercise capacity, physical condition, physical attractiveness, and physical quality in body self-esteem of Chinese college students. Methods: By searching PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CNIK database, VIP database, WANFANG database platform, we searched for the subject terms or keywords "body self-esteem", "Chinese college students", "Systematic evaluation", "Aerobic exercise", "Exercise intervention", “Meta-Analysis”. The search method was a combination of subject terms and keywords and title, and the search period was from database creation to The search was conducted from database creation to May 2022. A total of 3221 articles were searched, and 9 articles were included in the study through repeated screening. Risk of bias was assessed with Cochrane and the quality of studies in the literature was assessed using Grade pro software. The outcome indicators of the included literature were analysed using review manager 5.4 software and StataMP 17.0 software. Results: Nine papers including 1613 subjects were included. results of Meta-analysis showed that aerobic exercise was effective in improving physical self-worth (WMD = 1.46, 95% CI: 1.08–1.83, p

Date: 2023
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