Table 4.

Chain mediation effect test between sense of meaning in life, self-esteem in physical exercise and subjective well-being.

Intermediary effect pathway	Standardized indirect effect values	Boot SE	95% confidence interval	Relative effects
Total effect	0.3484	0.0459	[0.2582–0.4386]	100%
Direct effects	0.1701	0.0446	[0.0824–0.2578]	48.82%
Physical exercise → Sense of meaning in life → Self-esteem → Subjective well-being	0.0237	0.0072	[0.0116–0.0396]	6.80%
Physical exercise → Sense of meaning in life → Subjective well-being	0.0854	0.0209	[0.0474–0.1331]	24.51%
Physical exercise → Self-esteem → Subjective well-being	0.0692	0.0176	[0.0374–0.1071]	19.86%
Total intermediary effect	0.1783	0.0339	[0.1177–0.2486]	51.18%