M. A. Kenari
growth and changes in lifestyle and family breakdown and economic problems involved. One of the ways that
psychologists have identified a role for the reduction and treatment in mental health is exercise (McGannon &
Poon, 2005). In other words, the researchers found a strong link between exercise and mental health and mental
disorder there. Since our co untry is a develop ing country and the future of the students and mothers of tomorrow
and the search for identity and age may b e due to various reasons such as being aw ay from fa mil y an d feel more
responsibility and career and marriage and other iss ue s ha ve been u n de r a lot of s tress an d traum a a re a t risk. It is
important to note. Obviously neglecting their health status may be irreparable damage to the family that they
formed under the di re c t supervi s i on and follow it to the community (Humphreys , 2003).
2. Health and Mental Tension
The World Health Organization defines mental health state of complete physical, mental and social be called
(WHO, 2007). Some psychologists believe that the ability and flexibility to adapt to the environment and the
judge denied and fair and reasonable in the face of mental health and psychological criteria (Knechtle, 2004).
And treatment of mental illness as well as social and family life and enable compatibility of environmental. It
should be noted that those with no mental disorder but its necessarily mentally healthy people to account, just as
those who have no mental disease but are not considered to be healthy (Pereira, 2007).
Stress is a condition in which the emotions and expressions of the human body comes into tension and heavi-
ness. To say t o the stress of the hum an capacity for doing wo rk that req uires menta l focus as wel l as the we akening
of the human forces that began to fatigue.
3. The Role of Exercise in Mental Health Care
Studies on the effect of exercise on mental health in children have found that play an important role in main-
taining the health of sick children’s physical activity (Matsudo, 2006). According to a study conducted in 1991
also found that aerobic exercise is an important factor in reducing the effects of stress (Samad, 2004). In addition,
it was found most effective exercise in elderly hospitalized and non-hospitalized alleviate symptoms of anxiety,
depression, mood and stress reactions , as well as aerobic exercise is important for stress reduction (Brunner &
Suddarth, 2004). In 1990 it was fo und exercise improves mood and mental health and increased self-esteem and
self-respect, Bornak and colleagues (1995) found that intense exercise can have many benefits on mood and be-
havior and reduce stress and increase self-esteem and aerobic exercise may improve the self-esteem of dust.
4. Materials and Methods
This research is a descriptive search. Beheshti University student population with a bachelor’s or master’s in
school year 2013 were enrolled in MQT form. The number of participants is 260 persons who comprise 80 indi-
vidual athletes and 180 non-athletes. These were in addition to several sports teams of the members of the group
selected College of Engineering and Physical education and art and literature and science and theology and
psychology and so c ia l scien ce has been formed, whi c h were randomly selected.
The instrument used in this research questionnaire is 28 questions, {GHq28} is a standard tool designed by
Goldberg and Hiller. This questionnaire was formed of 28 questions to ask first eight physical symptoms and
eight second question anxiety and eight third question of social dysfunction and Eight quarters o f the symptoms
of depress i on and sleep disturbances were assessed. To compare the mental health of athletes and non-athletes of
all indices t test for independent groups was used. All statistical calculations were performed using computer
SPSS software.
5. Results and Findings
After statistical analysis and hypothesis testing, research findings revealed significant differences in mental
health status than non-athlete student athlete “as shown in table”. The problem in all dimensions: physical
symptoms of anxiety and sleep disorder symptoms, social functioning and depressive symptoms compared to
non-athletes were better {p < 0/05} “as shown in Table 1”.
Considering the above table mental health scores of athletes is very better than non-athletes “as shown in Ta-
ble 2”.
According to information found in each of the four scale athletes are a more favorable situation as shown in
Figure 1.
