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The Role of Physical Education in Mitigating Learning Burnout and Gaming Disorder Among Chinese Adolescents

  • By

  • Qiurong Jiang

  • Cheng Wei

  • Man Chen

  • Xiaogang Wang

  • Guangrong Gong

  • Yaoyao Zhou

  • Qinghai Zou

  • Yisong Yang

  • July 17, 2026

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    Gaming disorder (GD) is recognized by the WHO as a behavioral addiction affecting adolescents' academic performance and physical health.

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    Learning burnout (LB) contributes to academic disengagement and is characterized by emotional, cognitive, and physical exhaustion among students.

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    Academic performance and physical education performance serve as protective factors that significantly alleviate learning burnout, especially in boys.

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    Cognitive exhaustion and gaming disorder function as reciprocal risk factors, indicating a complex interaction between these variables.

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    Interventions for adolescent maladjustment should focus on reducing learning burnout through academic and physical activities tailored to gender.

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Physical education performance as a protective pathway: breaking the cycle between learning burnout and gaming disorder in Chinese adolescents

  • by Qiurong Jiang, Cheng Wei, Man Chen, Xiaogang Wang, Guangrong Gong, Yaoyao Zhou, Qinghai Zou, Yisong Yang

  • July 17, 2026

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