Associations between exercise and university students’ depression during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: the mediating role of relative deprivation and subjective exercise experience

BMC Psychol. 2025 Aug 1;13(1):853. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-03224-8. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted daily life globally since its emergence in early 2020. University students experiencing university lockdown during the COVID-19...