Abandoned children: mediating of psychological capital on the relationship between physical activity and social media use
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Abandoned children, physical activity, psychological capital, social media use, sustainable development goalsAbstract
Introduction: The third and tenth goals of the SDGs are to achieve healthy and prosperous lives (physically, mentally and socially healthy) and reduce inequality. Therefore, physical activity, social media use and psychological capital in abandoned children, because minority group that also has a place in the development goal of inequality. Objective: It was to determine how the use of social media and physical activity are related to abandoned children, using psychological capital as a mediating variable.
Methodology: Correlation tests and path analysis methods were used with 201 abandoned children (105 boys and 96 girls) with physical activity for abandoned children, the use of social media, the intensity of social media use and the psychological capital used were assessed. The Psychological Capital Questionnaire was used to examine the data.
Results: Children who have been abandoned participate in the category of high physical activity (50%), high use of social media (93%) and high psychological capital (88%). Social media use and physical activity have a significant substantial relationship (β=0.629, p<0.001). The mediation of physical activity and social media use showed that psychological capital had a positive effect (p<0.001).
Conclusion: Physical activity is correlated with social media use, the mediation of psychological capital also has a significant effect and can predict physical activity and social media addiction.
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