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Resilience was assessed using the Chinese version of the Connor\u2013Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and self-efficacy was measured using the General Self-Efficacy Scale at both the pre-test and post-test. A 2\u202f\u00d7\u202f2 mixed model (Group Time) was used to test intervention effects, and PROCESS macro (Model 4) with 5,000 bootstrap resamples, while statistically accounting for baseline levels of the intervening variable and outcome included as covariates.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      At post-test, students in the rope-skipping class scored significantly higher of resilience (102.58\u202f\u00b1\u202f12.54 vs. 77.51\u202f\u00b1\u202f14.86) and self-efficacy (34.63\u202f\u00b1\u202f4.37 vs. 26.66\u202f\u00b1\u202f9.37) compared to the control group (both\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.01). A significant positive correlation emerged between resilience and self-efficacy scores (r\u202f=\u202f0.508,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.01). Path analysis revealed that self-efficacy partially accounted for the association between the intervention and resilience (indirect effect\u202f=\u202f0.229, 95% bootstrap CI [0.063, 0.394]; direct effect\u202f=\u202f1.118; total effect\u202f=\u202f1.346).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>An 8-week freestyle rope-skipping intervention was associated with significant improvements in resilience and self-efficacy among junior high school students compared with regular running. Moreover, self-efficacy served as a partial mediator in the association between the intervention and resilience, suggesting that improvements in self-efficacy may represent one pathway through which school-based physical activity supports resilience.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1834465","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,30]],"date-time":"2026-04-30T14:48:12Z","timestamp":1777560492000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["The impact of a freestyle rope-skipping intervention on resilience in junior high school students: the mediating role of self-efficacy"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Wenqi","family":"Wan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physical Education, Yangzhou University","place":["Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiulong","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physical Education, Yangzhou University","place":["Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guoguo","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physical Education, Yangzhou University","place":["Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiexin","family":"Gu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physical Education, Yangzhou University","place":["Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jian","family":"Fu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physical Education, Yangzhou University","place":["Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"45","DOI":"10.1145\/3330472.3330477","article-title":"Detecting common method bias: performance of the harman\u2019s single-factor test","volume":"50","author":"Aguirre-Urreta","year":"2019","journal-title":"SIGMIS Database"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"689","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jadohealth.2021.03.035","article-title":"Concepts of resilience in adolescent mental health research","volume":"69","author":"Anderson","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. 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