Effects of physical fitness on mental health of Chinese college students: across-sectional study
Background The physical and mental health of college students is often mentioned, but there is limited research on a direct relationship between the mental health status of college students and their physical fitness level. This study mainly proves the relationship between Chinese c...
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| author | Ma, Shuzhen Yang, Yang Soh, Kim Geok Tan, Hermione |
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The physical and mental health of college students is often mentioned, but there is limited research on a direct relationship between the mental health status of college students and their physical fitness level. This study mainly proves the relationship between Chinese college students’ mental health and physical fitness indicators.
Method
This study collected SCL-90 Scale test results from 5262 students (4012 boys and 1250 girls) through a questionnaire survey and conducted a Sport Quality Test on these students. Statistical software SPSS was applied for differential analysis and logistic regression analysis. Specifically, the differences in sport quality indicators between normal and abnormal mean total scores of psychological tests were analyzed first. Then, the binary logistic regression model was used to explore the impacts of sports quality indicator scores on students’ psychological fitness.
Results
There are differences in the results of physical fitness tests between students with abnormal psychology and students with normal psychology. The four indexes of students’ vital capacity, speed, explosive power of lower limbs, and endurance running are effective in improving students’ psychologically abnormal state, and endurance running and improving vital capacity are the most effective methods to improve students’ psychologically abnormal state. In the physical tests of Chinese college students, the risk of psychological abnormalities was reduced by 9% for every one-point increase in lung capacity and 10.4% for every one-point increase in endurance running performance.
Conclusions
Chinese college students’ physical fitness and mental health are related. The best methods for treating psychological disorders are lung capacity improvement and endurance running. According to the physical test results of Chinese college students, for every 1-point increase in lung capacity and endurance running, the risk of psychological abnormalities decreased by 9% and 10.4%, respectively. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-1120932024-10-23T07:36:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112093/ Effects of physical fitness on mental health of Chinese college students: across-sectional study Ma, Shuzhen Yang, Yang Soh, Kim Geok Tan, Hermione Background The physical and mental health of college students is often mentioned, but there is limited research on a direct relationship between the mental health status of college students and their physical fitness level. This study mainly proves the relationship between Chinese college students’ mental health and physical fitness indicators. Method This study collected SCL-90 Scale test results from 5262 students (4012 boys and 1250 girls) through a questionnaire survey and conducted a Sport Quality Test on these students. Statistical software SPSS was applied for differential analysis and logistic regression analysis. Specifically, the differences in sport quality indicators between normal and abnormal mean total scores of psychological tests were analyzed first. Then, the binary logistic regression model was used to explore the impacts of sports quality indicator scores on students’ psychological fitness. Results There are differences in the results of physical fitness tests between students with abnormal psychology and students with normal psychology. The four indexes of students’ vital capacity, speed, explosive power of lower limbs, and endurance running are effective in improving students’ psychologically abnormal state, and endurance running and improving vital capacity are the most effective methods to improve students’ psychologically abnormal state. In the physical tests of Chinese college students, the risk of psychological abnormalities was reduced by 9% for every one-point increase in lung capacity and 10.4% for every one-point increase in endurance running performance. Conclusions Chinese college students’ physical fitness and mental health are related. The best methods for treating psychological disorders are lung capacity improvement and endurance running. According to the physical test results of Chinese college students, for every 1-point increase in lung capacity and endurance running, the risk of psychological abnormalities decreased by 9% and 10.4%, respectively. BioMed Central 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112093/1/s12889-024-18097-6.pdf Ma, Shuzhen and Yang, Yang and Soh, Kim Geok and Tan, Hermione (2024) Effects of physical fitness on mental health of Chinese college students: across-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 24 (1). art. no. 727. pp. 1-9. ISSN 1471-2458 https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-024-18097-6 10.1186/s12889-024-18097-6 |
| spellingShingle | Ma, Shuzhen Yang, Yang Soh, Kim Geok Tan, Hermione Effects of physical fitness on mental health of Chinese college students: across-sectional study |
| title | Effects of physical fitness on mental health of Chinese college students: across-sectional study |
| title_full | Effects of physical fitness on mental health of Chinese college students: across-sectional study |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of physical fitness on mental health of Chinese college students: across-sectional study |
| title_short | Effects of physical fitness on mental health of Chinese college students: across-sectional study |
| title_sort | effects of physical fitness on mental health of chinese college students across sectional study |
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