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The study links three forms of learning presence and three dimensions of engagement with behavioral and intentional civic outcome scores in a large multi-site Chinese sample.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 2,035 undergraduate students from 15 universities in Sichuan Province, China. CoI-based perceived blended learning experience was represented by teaching, social, and cognitive presence, and student learning engagement by behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement. A 69-item hierarchical structural equation model was estimated using robust maximum likelihood; ordered-indicator WLSMV, Monte Carlo interval estimation, and an equal-loading unmeasured latent method construct were used for sensitivity analyses. Exploratory fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis examined configurations associated with high and non-high civic action and intention scores.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Under robust maximum likelihood, perceived blended learning experience was positively associated with student learning engagement (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.530), civic actions (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.490), and civic intentions (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.447), while student learning engagement was positively associated with civic actions (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.375) and civic intentions (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.396; all\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f&lt;\u202f0.001). Indirect associations through student learning engagement were significant for civic actions (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.199) and civic intentions (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.210), and the conclusions were unchanged under ordered-indicator WLSMV, Monte Carlo interval estimation, and the admissible method-factor model. Civic action and intention factors showed substantial empirical overlap. Exploratory configurational solutions were threshold-sensitive and largely reflected profiles in which many learning-presence and engagement conditions were jointly high or low.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n CoI-based perceived learning experience and student engagement were consistently related to self-reported civic outcomes in this university physical education context. The findings support an associational account centered on coordinated teaching, social, cognitive, and engagement dimensions; the cross-sectional, single-source design does not establish temporal or causal ordering.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1888349","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,25]],"date-time":"2026-09-25T04:27:49Z","timestamp":1790310469000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Blended learning experience, student engagement, and civic engagement in university physical education with ideological and political education"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Peng","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hongyi College, Chengdu Technological University","place":["Chengdu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kangrong","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hongyi College, Chengdu Technological University","place":["Chengdu, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"101493","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijgfs.2026.101493","article-title":"Cognitive and affective links of food waste-reducing behaviors in training kitchens: an integrated analysis based on structural equation modeling and fsQCA","volume":"44","author":"Ako\u011ful","year":"2026","journal-title":"Int. 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