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Public Health"],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study examined the association between physical activity (PA) and subjective well-being (SWB) among infertile women and further investigated whether positive feedback (PF) and self-efficacy (SE) function as sequential mediators in this relationship.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data were collected from 954 infertile women recruited across several provinces in China using a cross-sectional design. PA, SWB, PF, and SE were measured through self-report questionnaires. A sequential mediation model was tested with PROCESS Model 6, and indirect effects were estimated using bootstrap procedures based on 5,000 resamples.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      PA was positively associated with SWB in regression analyses (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.101,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001). Both PF (indirect effect\u202f=\u202f0.066) and SE (indirect effect\u202f=\u202f0.066) independently mediated this association. A sequential pathway linking PA to SWB through PF and SE (PA\u202f\u2192\u202fPF\u202f\u2192\u202fSE\u202f\u2192\u202fSWB) was also supported (indirect effect\u202f=\u202f0.055). The total indirect effect accounted for 65% of the overall association.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Higher levels of PA were associated with greater SWB among infertile women, and this association was partly explained by PF and SE operating in sequence. 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