Sports Participation and Mental Health among Adolescents

Abstract

The main topic of this study is sports participation, gender difference, and the affect it can have on depression and anxiety among adolescence. In this study a data from ICSRA was used with sample of 2000 Icelandic 10th graders. 2X2 MANOVA was used to test the relationship. The hypothesis is that there is a connection between persons sports participation with sports club per week and level of depression and/or anxiety. The main results in this study was that those who participate in sport with sports club show less depression than those who participate less in sports. There was not significant relationship between sports participation and anxiety. When looking at gender difference and mental well being, girls tend to experience more depression and anxiety. Keywords: sports participation, adolescence, depression, gender difference and anxiety.%%%%Markmið þessarar rannsoknar var að skoða iþrottaiðkun og kynjamun og hvort það geti haft ahrif a þunglyndi og kviða meðal unglinga. Tilgatan var su að samband vaeri a milli iþrottaiðkunar með iþrottafelagi og kviða og þunglyndi. Gogn voru fengin fra Rannsoknum og greiningu. 2000 manna urtak var notað ur rannsokn fra 2009 sem gerð var meðal 10. bekkinga a Islandi. Notast var við 2X2 MANOVA til að vinna ur gognum. Helstu niðurstoður rannsoknarinnar sýndu að það þeir sem stunda meira og oftar iþrottir með iþrottafelagi sýna minna þunglyndi en þeir sem stunda sjaldan iþrottir. Það voru ekki marktaek tengsl a milli iþrottaiðkunar og kviða. Þegar skoðaður var kynjamunur matti sja að stulkur sýndi meiri andlega vanliðan en drengir. Þunglyndi og kviði var marktaekt haerri hja stulkum. Leitarorð: Iþrottaiðkun, unglingar, þunglyndi, kviði og kynjamunir.

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