Effectiveness of Physical Workout on Psychological Wellbeing among Students in Selected University of Health Sciences Mangaluru

Abstract

Background of Study: Student period is the most memorable period of one's life time, it includes both happy moments and stressors to cope with, here researcher try to identify the stress level and psychological well being of student be and to identify the affect of physical workout on the psychological well being. Methods: A quantitative research approach and quasi experimental pre test post test control group design was adopted for the study. Fifty subjects were selected bypurposive sampling technique. The subjects were assigned either to experimental group (n=25) or control group (n=25). The psychological wellbeing was measured using Ryff’s scale of psychological wellbeing. Results: The study showed that the students have various stress and the physical workout is effective in improving psychological well being, This shows there is no association between psychological wellbeing and selected demographic variables of the students. Conclusion: concluded that physical workout is effective in improving psychological wellbeing among students.