Abstract

The general purpose of this study was Comparison of selected psychic characteristics between student of physical education &sport science and other students in Iran. Subjects of this study were 30 students of physical education and sport science (SPESS) and 30 students of other fields (SOF) in Shiraz University in Iran. Subjects were selected randomly and completed SCL 90-R questionnaire with 32 questions in 4 psychic characteristics of somatisation, depression, anxiety, and phobic anxiety. Our findings indicated that somatisation was significantly lower in SPESS (P≤0.05), but there were no significant difference between SPESS and SOF in anxiety, depression, and phobic anxiety (P>0.05). According to our findings, although participation in physical education training was not effective on some psychic characteristics, it can positively reduce somatisation.

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