Sport and mental health and happiness in high school students in Kerman. Authors: (Solmaz Shokouhi Moghadam / Mahmoud Zeivri Rahman / Mehdi Lesani)
Subject Areas : Psychology of wellbeing
Keywords: Sport, Mental Health, Happiness,
Abstract :
Abstract The purpose of the present was to investigate the relationship between sport and both male and female Kerman high school students mental health and happiness. The method of study is descriptive in a coefficient way. Besides, the studied samples have been choosen amang 384 male and female students by clustering them in several steps. The data gathering is conducted by using 28- item mental health questionnaire (GHO) while to analyze happiness a 29- item Axford happiness questionnaire (1989) and to determine the type and amount of sport a 15-item questionnaire of researcher are used. Information were analyzed by statistical software Spss 18 and using descriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariate regression and t-test. The results show there is a significant relationship between sport and mental health, sport and happiness, mental health and happiness (P 0.01). Also, according to small values of mental health, there is a significant relationship between depression, anxiety and happiness (P 0.01), while there is no significant relationship between physical function and social function and happiness. The results it is concluded that there is a significant relationship between the amount of doing (P 0.05), both male and female groups but no significant relationship between happiness in male and female students.