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Significant indirect associations were observed through cognitive reappraisal, through psychological resilience, and through the sequential pathway linking cognitive reappraisal with psychological resilience. Loneliness moderated the association between psychological resilience and well-being, with a stronger positive association among adolescents reporting higher loneliness. The XGBoost model showed acceptable internal predictive performance in the test set (RMSE = 2.599, MAE = 1.860, R\u00b2 = 0.640). SHAP analysis indicated that psychological resilience made the largest predictive contribution, followed by loneliness and cognitive reappraisal, whereas physical activity made a smaller contribution. Partial dependence results suggested a modest nonlinear pattern for physical activity, with predicted well-being increasing mainly from low to moderate activity levels and then tending to plateau.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall, the findings suggest that physical activity is linked to adolescent well-being mainly through psychological resources. 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