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Previous research has focused mainly on exercise frequency, intensity, and participation, with less attention to school sports atmosphere as a contextual campus factor. Based on the social ecological model, cognitive appraisal theory, and the stress-buffering model, this study examined the relationship between school sports atmosphere and college students\u2019 mental well-being and tested the direct association and indirect effects involving growth mindset and psychological resilience.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A questionnaire survey was conducted among 635 Chinese college students. Participants completed the School Sports Atmosphere Scale, Growth Mindset Scale, Chinese Connor\u2013Davidson Resilience Scale, and Chinese WHO-5 Well-Being Index. Descriptive statistics were conducted in SPSS 28.0, and structural equation modeling was performed in AMOS 28.0 to test the theory-specified structural associations and indirect effects.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>School sports atmosphere was positively associated with mental well-being, growth mindset, and psychological resilience. Growth mindset was positively associated with psychological resilience, and psychological resilience was positively associated with mental well-being. However, the direct path from growth mindset to mental well-being was not significant.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A positive school sports atmosphere was directly associated with better mental well-being and indirectly associated with mental well-being through psychological resilience. Although growth mindset did not show a significant independent indirect effect, it contributed to a significant sequential indirect effect through psychological resilience. Growth mindset was associated with mental well-being primarily through its association with psychological resilience rather than through a significant direct pathway. 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