The Impact of Physical Education on Mental Health

Abstract

By combining quantitative rigor with the qualitative depth, this study’s holistic review of how structured physical education affects mental health issues offers unique and valuable insights appreciated both by researchers, practitioners as well policymakers. The research covers a wide range of participants, including students from different levels in education structures, adults as well as individuals with various social backgrounds. With a view to having equal representation across age groups, genders and social statuses the stratified method of sampling was used to generate this report. The inclusion criteria refer to those individuals who participate in regular physical education activities. The MHI, using batteries of age-appropriate standardized tests to measure physical fitness. The meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative data reveals the major positive effects that both mental health and physical fitness areas have shown in participants after a structured PE course. The holistic approach, which takes into account both objective measures and subjective experiences in this study reveals the positive effect of physical education on mental health. These results imply that high-quality physical education program has the possibility to contribute an increase in general wellbeing, which might be helpful for better mental health indicators.