Survey on Exercise, Grit, and Happiness Among Chinese University Students

Data Sheet 1 contains survey data from a study by Jin Chen examining the relationship between physical exercise, grit, peer relationships, hope, and happiness. The dataset includes responses from 508 undergraduate students collected via a multistage stratified sampling strategy. Analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 25.0, AMOS 23.0, and the PROCESS macro.

Use Cases

• Testing moderated mediation models based on the described psychological constructs.
• Analyzing correlations between physical exercise and happiness among university students.
• Investigating the role of grit as a moderator in psychological pathways.
• Developing intervention strategies for enhancing hope and psychological wellbeing.
• Studying the interplay of interpersonal and cognitive-emotional resources in student populations.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 508 survey responses from a defined population.
• Analysis involved reliability testing, factor analyses, and moderated mediation analysis with bootstrapping.
• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (276.0 KB), indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Jin Chen

Collection Method

Multistage stratified sampling followed by a census-based survey of eligible students.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 04:30:23; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chinese university students.