Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercise on Stress, Anxiety and Depression in Children with Intractable Behavioral Disorders

Document Type : Original research

Authors
Mahla Roohbakhsh ejtemaie 1
maryam aeini 2
Nasser Sobhi 3
1 M.Sc. of Sport Psychology, Allameh tabataba’i University.Tehran
2 M.Sc. of Sport Psychology,Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
3 Associate professor sport psychology,Allameh tabataba’i University, Tehran
10.22089/spsyj.2018.5893.1625
Abstract
The behavior of the child is one of the important dimensions of his mental health and will have significant results in his future life markedly. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of aerobic exercises on stress, anxiety and depression in children with inferiority behavioral disorder. 30 students with inferiority behavioral disorder were selected by Using of cluster sampling. To measure the research variables Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist and the des-form questionnaire of 21 questions were used. The executive protocol also included an aerobic exercise in 12 sessions of 60 minutes. Covariance analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the mean post-test scores of the experimental group and the control group's post-test, in the amount of stress, anxiety and depression. Therefore, aerobic exercises are beneficial to reduce the stress, anxiety and depression of children with inborn behavioral disorders.
Keywords
Aerobic Exercises
Stress
Anxiety
Depression
Children with Intractable Behavioral Disorders

Main Subjects

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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 7, Issue 26
March 2019
Pages 61-76

  • Receive Date 29 May 2018
  • Revise Date 13 October 2018
  • Accept Date 21 October 2018