The purpose of this study is to examine the differences in mental health between Taekwondo competitors and non-competitors in middle and high schools. The subjects in this study are 310 Taekwondo competitors and 546 non-competitors selected by stratif...
The purpose of this study is to examine the differences in mental health between Taekwondo competitors and non-competitors in middle and high schools. The subjects in this study are 310 Taekwondo competitors and 546 non-competitors selected by stratified cluster random sampling method from middle and high schools in Yeongnam region.
The questionnaire for the study is a modified form from the generally employed in psychology studies to match with the study . The reliability for the questionnaire was turned out in the adequate with Cronbach"s a=.7234 - .8733. To analyze the data, t-test, one-way ANOVA and Scheffe multiple comparison method were employed. The last one was conducted as posttest.
The findings of this study are as follow,
First, there appeared a significant gap at the 5% level of significance in somatization, depression, anxiety, fear and psychoneurosis between the boy competitors and non-competitors. For the girls, the competitors and non-competitors differed significantly from each other just in somatization, anxiety, fear and psychoneurosis at the 5% level of significance.
Second, among the middle school students, the competitors and non-competitors varied in somatization, anxiety, fear and psychoneurosis at the 5% level of significance. For the high school students, the competitors and non- competitors differed just in psychoneurosis at the 5% level of significance.
Third, the competitors and non-competitors differed in somatization, anxiety, fear and psychoneurosis at the 5% level of significance.
Fourth, the Taekwondo training period of the competitors made significant 5% difference to fear only. For the non-competitors, that term made a significant 5% difference just to fear.