Exercise Procrastination and Addiction Survey of 570 Chinese University Students

Survey data from 570 Chinese university students explores socio-ecological correlates of exercise procrastination and exercise addiction. It includes assessments using the Procrastination in Exercise Scale (PES) and Revised Exercise Addiction Inventory (EAI-R), with candidate predictors from individual characteristics, health behaviors, and interpersonal networks. The analysis applied LASSO regression with cross-validation and sensitivity checks.

Use Cases

• Model the relationship between regular exercise and PES or EAI-R scores to understand its dual role in reducing procrastination and increasing addiction risk.
• Analyze the association of later habitual bedtime and short-video use before sleep with exercise procrastination scores.
• Examine how the number of friends and sex (female vs. male) correlate with exercise addiction and procrastination outcomes.
• Use LASSO regression results to identify robust predictors retained across 1,000 bootstrap resamples and cross-validation repetitions.

Strengths

• Data from 570 university students provides a substantive sample for preliminary analysis.
• Analysis includes 1,000 bootstrap resamples and 1,000 repetitions of cross-validation for robustness checks.
• Measures two distinct behavioral constructs (exercise procrastination and addiction) using validated scales (PES and EAI-R).

Limitations

• Cross-sectional, self-reported data from a single university limits causal inference and generalizability.
• Relatively coarse personality measurement may miss nuanced psychological correlates.
• Dataset scope is limited to a specific student population in China.

Provenance

Source

Yuxia Wang via figshare.

Collection Method

Survey of 570 Chinese university students, assessing exercise behaviors with PES and EAI-R scales.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

China, single university sample.