Comparison of Mental Health and Academic Resilience of Athletic and Non-athletic Students in the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Universities of Qazvin Province, Iran

Rahmani , Atefeh; kotobi, Fereshteh; Naghiloo, Zeinab

تعطیلات نوروز ۱۴۰۴-ضمن آرزوی قبولی طاعات و عبادات و همچنین تبریک فرارسیدن بهار و شروع سال جدید، به اطلاع می‌رساند این نشریه از تاریخ ۲۸ اسفندماه ۱۴۰۳ لغایت ۱۵ فروردین ۱۴۰۴ تعطیل می باشد.

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Rahmani A, kotobi F, Naghiloo Z. Comparison of Mental Health and Academic Resilience of Athletic and Non-athletic Students in the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Universities of Qazvin Province, Iran. MEJDS 2024; 14 :130-130
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Comparison of Mental Health and Academic Resilience of Athletic and Non-athletic Students in the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Universities of Qazvin Province, Iran

Atefeh Rahmani¹

, Fereshteh Kotobi ^*²

, Zeinab Naghiloo²

1- BS in Physical Education, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Physical Education, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

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Abstract
Background & Objective: Coronavirus changed the face of the world with a crisis due to its rapid spread and uncontrollable nature. Although this crisis is medical, its effects and consequences are evident in different areas of life. With the arrival of coronavirus in the country at the end of 2018, people faced the crisis of the spread of this new disease, a different life in quarantine conditions, and its many consequences, especially psychological effects. University students were prone to psychological symptoms during the outbreak of COVID–19. Because, in numerous research studies, mental health and resilience of people are among the most essential factors in life in this difficult time of the pandemic, the present study was conducted to compare the mental health and academic resilience of athletic and non–athletic students during the coronavirus pandemic in the universities of Qazvin Province, Iran.
Methods: The present research was descriptive and analytical. This research was conducted in the academic year of 2019–2020. A total of 384 students at Qazvin universities were selected in a multi–stage cluster based on Cochran's formula. The research instrument was a questionnaire with three parts: the demographic questionnaire, the Goldberg (1976), and Samuels (2004) Standard Public Health Questionnaire. The reliability of these two instruments, namely the Samuels Academic Equality Questionnaire and Goldberg General Health Questionnaire with Cronbach alpha, was confirmed to be 0.63 and 0.87, respectively. To carry out the research, the questionnaires were distributed among the students at Universities in Qazvin Province. These students from the universities of Qazvin Province participated in this research. First, three state universities, Payam Noor and Farhangian Qazvin, were selected. Then, from each of them, 2 faculties (campus) and 2 study groups were selected from each faculty. Data analysis was in two parts: descriptive and inferential statistics. Mean, standard deviation, and maximum and minimum scores were calculated at the descriptive statistics level. In the inferential statistics section, the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test and independent t test were used.
Results: The findings showed a significant difference in mental health between athlete and non–athlete students (p=0.039). Also, the difference between the resilience of athletes and non–athletes was statistically significant (p=0.048). The average values of mental health and resilience of athlete students were 51.57 and 91.91, and for non–athlete students were 53.63 and 92.02 respectively.
Conclusion: According to the statistical analysis findings, we conclude that during the coronavirus epidemic, the mental health and resilience of the two investigated groups differed. The athlete students in the research showed less mental health and resilience than the non–athlete students. According to these results, the restrictions, reduction, or lack of sports activities of athlete students during the disease outbreak and in quarantine conditions have affected this group's mental health and resilience. Physical activities as a suitable, easy, and cheap strategy and approach to increasing mental health among students seem more necessary than before. Planning is required to encourage and promote sports, which effectively promotes important indicators of psychological health, such as resilience and mental toughness. On the other hand, reducing the social harms of society is especially useful among students.

Keywords: Corona, Mental health, Academic resilience, Athlete, Non–athlete

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