The survey and identification of the effect of sports activities on non-active and active students’ mental health

Abstract

Mental disorders have harmful effects on individuals and society. A person who has not mental health suffers physical and mental symptoms, isolation, headache, worry, depression, anxiety, difficulty falling asleep and daily dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to survey and identify the effect of sports activities on non-active and active students’ mental health. This study is a descriptive and ex-post facto research. The sample size was included 480 female students that they were randomly selected. The instrument of this study was included Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28).The collected data were classified by descriptive statistical methods (percentage, mean, standard deviation) and were analyzed by the T-test and the Chi-Square Test. The SPSS software (version 21) was used for data analysis (α≤0.05).Married athlete students’ general health score was 19.36, married non-athlete students’ general health score was 20.11, single athlete students’ general health score was 19.16 and single non-athlete students’ general health score was 21.11.Sport activities are a valuable tool for maintaining mental health and those are effective on the prevention of mental disorders. The university authorities are recommended to increase the time of sports activities, so that students have more physical activities.