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A reasonal-comparitive or ex-post facto design has been chosen for this study. In this research, professional and amateur athletes and non-athletes are independent variables, and sensation seeking, self-esteem, and mental health are dependent variables.
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The study was designed by comparing a person’s pre-existing traits as data points with another person’s. In this research, professional and amateur athletes and non-athletes are the ‘variables’ that will change. In contrast, sensation seeking, self-esteem, and mental health are ‘variables’ that the scientists will measure.
Introduction
Studies on the effect of physical exercise on people’s personality qualities and mental health have revealed that physical exercise and physical education are not only as recreative activities, but also as didactic-pedagogic tools, and they are followed by a lot of mental and social goals (Derakhshan Mobarake, 1998).
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Studies measuring how physical exercise affects people’s positive personality traits and mental health have shown that being active and learning sports are not just for fun, but also are a learning tool for individuals, influencing their mental well-being and increasing their opportunity for positive social interactions.
Results
The means of the groups of professional athletes and amateur athletes are significantly different (0/00) from the mean of the group of non-athletes in mental health variable. This means that the groups of professional and amateur athletes, from the mental health degree point of view, are in a higher level than the group of non-athletes.
Translation:
The average results from the group of professional athletes and amateur athletes are significantly different from the average results of the group of non-athletes in the mental health comparisons. This means that the groups of professional and amateur athletes showed scores that suggest they have better mental health on average than the non-athletes.
Discussion
Mcyuli and Grous (1994), and Rejeski et al. (1996) believed that sensation seeker people use physical exercise and practice as a factor for increasing positive sensation and psychological tranquility. Furthermore, researches have revealed that there is a relationship between sensation seeking and the degree of sportive behavior’s riskiness (Bririk, 1997).
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The researchers believed that people who seek new experiences will use exercise and sports as a way to increase novel experiences and, in turn, achieve positive feelings and a sense of psychological peace. Researchers concluded that people who seek novel experiences are more likely to partake in riskier behaviours within their sport activities.
Future Directions
A research direction that could follow up on this work is whether there is a continual positive correlation between sensation seeking and positive mental health, or whether this correlation declines. Comparing the degree of sensation seeking, and in turn risk-taking, within sportive behaviour and how this affects mental health could be a great continuation of this study.
Difficult Material
The most difficult thing for me to understand within this paper is the results section, specifically the table descriptions where the researchers explained their data. Having no professional background in research, the means by which they compare data was foreign to me, and as such, difficult to comprehend and interpret for myself.