Publication: Investigating the effect of brain break exercise videos on mental stress, personality, mental hardiness, social support and physical activity among college students in Jiangxi province, China
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2025-03
Authors
Mingzhu, Pan
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College students, as a distinct cohort, are navigating the transition between
campus and social life, facing pressures such as interpersonal dynamics, academic
demands, financial constraints, employment expectations, and daily stress. Managing
psychological well-being in universities is a pressing concern. Engaging in physical
activity, such as Brain Breaks exercise videos, has been shown to have a positive
impact on mental health by reducing stress levels. This study primarily aims to validate
the uBioMacpa Pro stress measurement tool among Chinese college students. Studies
indicated that individual characteristics like personality traits, hardiness, social support,
and physical activity profoundly influence mental stress levels. Thus, the subsequent
objectives were to explore the relationships between these factors and mental stress,
and to evaluate the effect of Brain-breaks exercise video intervention on the study
variables among Chinese college students in Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province. The
study was conducted in two phases, Phase 1 involved reliability and validity tests of
the uBioMacpa Pro and a cross-sectional study, with 60 students involved in the
reliability test, 200 in the validity test, and 890 in the cross-sectional study.
Additionally, 80 students with mental stress from Phase 1 participated in Phase 2,
which was a randomized controlled trial. In phase 2, 80 students were randomly
College students, as a distinct cohort, are navigating the transition between
campus and social life, facing pressures such as interpersonal dynamics, academic
demands, financial constraints, employment expectations, and daily stress. Managing
psychological well-being in universities is a pressing concern. Engaging in physical
activity, such as Brain Breaks exercise videos, has been shown to have a positive
impact on mental health by reducing stress levels. This study primarily aims to validate
the uBioMacpa Pro stress measurement tool among Chinese college students. Studies
indicated that individual characteristics like personality traits, hardiness, social support,
and physical activity profoundly influence mental stress levels. Thus, the subsequent
objectives were to explore the relationships between these factors and mental stress,
and to evaluate the effect of Brain-breaks exercise video intervention on the study
variables among Chinese college students in Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province. The
study was conducted in two phases, Phase 1 involved reliability and validity tests of
the uBioMacpa Pro and a cross-sectional study, with 60 students involved in the
reliability test, 200 in the validity test, and 890 in the cross-sectional study.
Additionally, 80 students with mental stress from Phase 1 participated in Phase 2,
which was a randomized controlled trial. In phase 2, 80 students were randomly