The journal Behavioral Sciences retracts the article titled, “How Does Physical Activity Enhance the Subjective Well-Being of University Students? A Chain Mediation of Cognitive Reappraisal and Resilience” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding an unattributed overlap between this publication [1] and an earlier article [2] published by a different group of authors in another language.
Adhering to our complaints procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board which confirmed a significant overlap between these two publications [1,2], without the appropriate acknowledgement or citation. The Editorial Board has decided to retract this article as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30) (accessed on: 12 March 2024) and in line with the committee on Publication Ethics’ retraction guideline (https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines) (accessed on: 12 March 2024).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Behavioral Sciences.
The authors have agreed to this retraction.
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References
- 1.Yang M., Wu J., Wu Y., Li X. RETRACTED: How Does Physical Activity Enhance the Subjective Well-Being of University Students? A Chain Mediation of Cognitive Reappraisal and Resilience. Behav. Sci. 2024;14:164. doi: 10.3390/bs14030164. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [Retracted]
- 2.Zhou H., Zhou Q. Physical exercise empowers college students to improve their subjective well-being: The chain mediation effect of cognitive reappraisal and psychological resilience. J. Shandong Inst. Phys. Educ. 2022;38:105–111. [Google Scholar]