Investigating The Relationship Between Physical Activity, Sleep Quality And Emotion Regulation In Female Athletes
Subject Areas : Research Journal of Sociological of SportMahdokht Pirzadeh 1 , Alireza Bakhshifar 2
1 - M.A. in General Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Electronics Department, ,Iran
2 - M.A. in Personality Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central Branch,Tehran,Iran
Keywords: Physical activity, sleep quality, emotion regulation,
Abstract :
A B S T R A C T: Introduction: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between physical activity, sleep quality, and emotion regulation in female athletes. Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional study in terms of its applied purpose, a quantitative study in terms of data type, and a descriptive correlational study in terms of research method. The statistical population consisted of all female athletes in clubs in District 5 of Tehran. From this population, 106 individuals were selected based on the Fidel and Tabachnik formula (2007), which was increased to 120 for precautionary purposes. The sampling method was convenience sampling. Research instruments included three standard questionnaires: Physical activity: Gholami-Fashark and Azad (2011), Sleep quality: Boyce, Dinodes, Menk, Berman, and Kupfer (1989),Emotion regulation: Gratz and Romer (2004) Pearson's moment correlation coefficient was used to test the research hypotheses. Results: The results showed a positive and significant relationship between sleep quality and reappraisal with physical activity. There was also a negative and significant relationship between physical activity and suppression. In more detail: A negative and significant relationship was found between physical activity and maladaptive emotion regulation strategy (suppression). A positive and significant relationship at the 0.05 level was found between physical activity and adaptive emotion regulation strategy (reappraisal). A positive and significant relationship at the 0.05 level was also observed between physical activity and sleep quality. Conclusion: In simpler terms, increased physical activity is associated with reduced use of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies (suppression) and increased use of adaptive strategies (reappraisal). Additionally, greater physical activity corresponds with improved sleep quality among female athletes
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