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The investigation focused on the dual mediating roles of basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration. Furthermore, it explored the boundary conditions of social support to determine how environmental factors interact with individual dispositions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 527 outdoor exercise participants in first-tier cities in China. Moderated mediation models were examined for both extraversion and neuroticism to enjoyment through basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration, as well as to determine the moderation of social support on this relationship.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Evidence to support an asymmetrical dual mediation mechanism was confirmed; extraversion largely supported enjoyment through psychological need satisfaction, while neuroticism detracted from enjoyment primarily through psychological need frustration. Social support demonstrated complicated moderation patterns; social support strengthened the positive social association of extraversion with psychological need satisfaction (a gain dynamic), yet, in the neuroticism group we observed a paradox. 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