2015Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research/Advances in social science, education and humanities researchOpen access

The Relationship between Mental Health and Physical Exercise among Male College Students

Xinhai Yang

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To compare the mental health condition of male college students with that of those who participate sports team, and discuss how to adopt better physical exercise method to improve the mental health of college students.The 480 male college students were tested and surveyed by using Symptom Check List-90( SCL-90 )table and other means.The results demonstrate (1) The mentality of the male college students who participate sports team is obviously better than normal male college students.(2) In sports team, the mentality of the male college students who take part in collective items is better than that of those who take part in individual items.Therefore, long time and multiform physical exercise are beneficial to the development of students' mental health.

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To compare the mental health condition of male college students with that of those who participate sports team, and discuss how to adopt better physical exercise method to improve the mental health of college students.The 480 male college students were tested and surveyed by using Symptom Check List-90( SCL-90 )table and other means.The results demonstrate (1) The mentality of the male college students who participate sports team is obviously better than normal male college students.(2) In sports team, the mentality of the male college students who take part in collective items is better than that of those who take part in individual items.Therefore, long time and multiform physical exercise are beneficial to the development of students' mental health.

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To compare the mental health condition of male college students with that of those who participate sports team, and discuss how to adopt better physical exercise method to improve the mental health of college students.The 480 male college students were tested and surveyed by using Symptom Check List-90( SCL-90 )table and other means.The results demonstrate (1) The mentality of the male college students who participate sports team is obviously better than normal male college students.(2) In sports team, the mentality of the male college students who take part in collective items is better than that of those who take part in individual items.Therefore, long time and multiform physical exercise are beneficial to the development of students' mental health.

Key concepts: Mental health, Psychology, Medical education, Applied psychology, Medicine, Psychiatry

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