The Effect of Regular Physical Exercise on Well-being of University Students / Düzenli Fiziksel Egzersizin Üniversite Öğrencilerinin İyilik Haline Etkisi
Journal Title: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective: Despite the fact that the importance of regular exercise for a healthy life is getting better understand every day; technological advances, business life, urbanization and other factors negatively affect human health and cause individuals to stay away doing exercise. Although there are different definitions of well-being in the literature; generally well being defined as an optimal health-orientated way of life and well-being where the body, mind, and spirit are united to fully functionally live in the social and natural environment of the individual. The aim of this study was to compare the levels of well-being of university students who do and do not regular physical exercise. Material and Methods: In this study, 108 individuals between 18-23 years old who do regular physical exercise (Group I) and do not (Group II) were evaluated. The Well Star Scale (WSS) was used for the determination of the well-being levels of the individuals. The well-being of two groups were compared with WSS. Results: There were statistically significant differences in terms of meaning of life/being goal oriented, emotional and physical sub-dimensions of scale in favor of regular physical exercises group (p=0.002; 2.6e-6; 7.0e-6 respectively). There were no statistically significant differences between the groups in terms of cognitive and social subtests of the WSS (p=0.917; 0.714 respectively). Conclusion: The results of the study showed that regular physical exercise has positive effects not only on the physical well-being but also on the emotional and meaning of life/being goal oriented well-being of the individuals. Therefore, it was thought that in order to increase the well-being level of university students, education program should be given that emphasize the importance of physical exercises in universities.
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Serkan PEKÇETİN, Özgü İNAL
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