THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL EXERCISE LEVELS AND ANXIETY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Background: Subjective anxiety is one of hot spots in the field of positive psychology. It can not only evaluate a person's quality of life, but also measure a person's mental health and psychological development level. Therefore, it has important theoretical significance to study the relationship between physical exercise and subjective anxiety. Subjects and methods: In order to examine the relationship between physical exercise and the subjective anxiety among college students, a questionnaire survey method was completed by 1,000 college students in Zhengzhou University. After psychological construction and empirical exploration, the psychological construction model of the subjective anxiety of college students is proposed, and the method of structural equation modeling is used to verify the model. Results: There is a significant correlation between the duration of exercise and the subjective anxiety among college students. Duration of exercise and body satisfaction have the highest correlation with a correlation coefficient of 0.331, which has a significant negative correlation with negative emotions. Exercise intensity is significantly correlated with positive emotions and physical satisfaction. There is a significant positive correlation between exercise intensity and duration of exercise and the various levels of physical self-esteem, but the correlation with the coping style is not significant. The duration of exercise is significantly negatively correlated with conversational disturbances and social barrier. The exercise intensity is significantly negatively correlated with social barrier. The duration of exercise is significantly negatively correlated with neuroticism, and the amount of exercise is significantly positive with introverted personality. Related. The various levels of subjective anxiety among college students are significantly related to physical self-esteem, positive coping, interpersonal relationships and personality characteristics. Conclusions: The subjective anxiety among college students who participate in physical exercise is stronger than that of college students who do not exercise. This difference is manifested in the emotional component and special life satisfaction between the two. Short-term physical exercise has no effect on the subjective anxiety of college students. Light and moderate exercise intensity have a deeper impact on the subjective anxiety among college students with the increase of exercise duration. Physical exercise can not only directly affect subjective anxiety among college students, and but also affect college students' subjective anxiety through intermediary variables such as physical self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, and personality characteristics.