Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 34 No. 1, 2022.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2022.64
EFFECT OF POSITIVE RUMINATION-BASED SPORTS PRESCRIPTION ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF TEENAGERS
Chen Min
; School of Tourism and Sports Health, Hezhou University, Hezhou, Guangxi, China
Jiwei Yao
; School of Sports and Health, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Abstract
Background: Under the pressure of study, relationship, socializing, employment and other aspects, there is an increasing
number of teenagers with psychological problems such as pessimism, anxiety, and depression, seriously affecting their physical and
mental health and comprehensive development. Therefore, it is of vital importance to attach great importance and actively seek
intervention methods to effectively improve their mental health. The aim was to investigate the intervention effect of positive
rumination-based sports prescription on the mental health of teenagers.
Subjects and methods: 497 teenagers living in four communities randomly selected in Guangxi, China community from
February 2021 to August 2021 were included in this study using convenience sampling method. Firstly, Beck Depression Inventory
was adopted for measurement, and 61 volunteers were randomly selected from a population of depressive symptoms to participate in
intervention. There were 29 people the Experimental group, 32 in the control group. The intervention using positive ruminationbased
sports prescription was performed on the Experimental group.
Results: After intervention, the depression score of the control group and the Experimental group was lower than that before
intervention (P<0.001). After intervention, the anxiety score of Experimental group was significantly lower than that of the control
group (P<0.001). There was no significant difference in the scores regarding optimism, hope, self-efficacy, resiliency and
psychological capital (P>0.05), and the scores of the Experimental group regarding optimism, hope, self-efficacy, resiliency and
psychological capital were increased after the intervention, significantly higher than before intervention (P<0.001), and there was
no significant difference in the score of resiliency before and after intervention (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Positive rumination group counseling and the intervention of health Qigong exercise can effectively reduce anxiety
levels of teenagers, improve the levels of optimism, hope, self-efficacy, resiliency and psychological capital, help cultivate teenagers’
positive psychology and alleviate negative psychology.
Keywords
positive rumination; sports prescription; mental health; psychological capital; teenagers
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3.5.2022.
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