Date of Conferral
12-11-2025
Date of Award
December 2025
Degree
Ph.D.
School
Psychology
Advisor
Patti Barrows
Abstract
Scientists and health professionals have established the connection among physical activity and overall wellbeing. In more recent years, scholars have also researched the correlation among increased self-connection with increased overall well-being. Nevertheless, insignificant data has been gathered to investigate the impact of predictor variables upon the connection between exercise and wellbeing. This research study examined the mediating effect of self-connection among the relationship between exercise and wellbeing. The current study’s purpose was to gain better insights on how self-connection predicts a person’s physical activity, contributing to comprehensive insights how exercise habits may predict a person’s wellbeing by using a cross-sectional correlational survey. The Health Action Process Approach theory was used as a framework to explain how self-connection may mediate the relationship between exercise and wellbeing. The results indicate a significant correlation among the following relationships exercise and wellbeing, self-connection and well-being, and self-connection and exercise; however, no significant results were found in the data to support self-connection as a mediating variable in the relationship between exercise and well-being.
Recommended Citation
Esmay, Lauren, "Self-Connection as a Mediator Between Exercise and Well-Being" (2025). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 18861.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/18861
