Paper
Effect of morning exercise on the psychological well-being of high school female students
Published Jan 1, 2013 · Ali Barbar
Annals of Biological Research
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Abstract
It seems necessary to have a better and more accura te recognition of the strategies affecting the students’ psychological well-being level in order to enhance their mental health. There have been few studies in this respect, hence considering the effective role of physical ac tivities on mental well-being and also the ways one can improve the students’ psychological well-being state, it be comes clear that the need for a proper research is inevitable. Seventy students were randomly chosen. After answer ing the health and physical activities questionnair e and psychological well-being questionnaire, were divide d into two groups of control and experimental. The heights, weights and the BMIs of the subjects were also meas ured. The subjects did a selected aerobic exercise accompanied by music for seven days. After the sessions, the ps ychological well-being questionnaire was answered aby the control and experimental groups. The results show t hat morning exercise has a meaningful effect on the psychological well-being of the students. Also, the morning exercise, has meaningful effect on psychol ogical wellbeing micro scales, such as environmental mastery, autonomy, positive relations with others, self-acce ptance, and purpose in life, but it has no meaningful effect on personal growth. Key word: Psychological Well-Being, morning exercise, enviro nmental mastery
Morning exercise positively impacts psychological well-being in high school female students, but has no significant effect on personal growth.
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