Health Exercise and Class Performance as Determining Factors of Students' Mental Well-being

Abstract

Objective: This research aimed to examine the impact of the mental wellbeing of students on their learning improvement, critical thinking, and active participation in classroom activities. Existing studies have only highlighted different aspects of student mental health and exercise, but the relationship between student health exercise with their mental well-being in the context of their classroom activities was not dealt with.Methods: The primary data collected from 457 respondents, who were teachers in the Jiangsu Province of China, was analyzed by SPSS statistical tool. The cross-sectional data and the scale items for this research were reflective in nature. Results: By analyzing the data, the research found that from the perspective of teachers, the impact of the mental well-being of students on their learning improvement, critical thinking, and active participation in classroom activities was positive and significant. Conclusions: These findings can be implemented all over the world for the improvement of students' mental well-being and standard learning. Health exercise would be accepted as a significant factor in influencing the mental well-being of students for improving their learning improving, critical thinking, and active participation in classroom activities.