PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS COPING STRATEGY FOR ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE FEMALE STUDENT

Autor:	Syed Alamdar Hussain, Hafiz Muhammad Manan Haider, Musa Haseeb, Hamsa Ashraf
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Brisk walking business.industry Stress (linguistics) Moderate level Physical activity Medicine Mean age business Female students Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	The Rehabilitation Journal. 4:144-148
ISSN:	2521-3458 2521-344X
DOI:	10.52567/trj.v4i01.10
Popis:	Objective: To determine the effectiveness of physical activity as a coping strategy to reduce academic stress among undergraduate female students. Methodology: A Randomized control trail (NCT04221022) was conducted in Bilquis Postgraduate College for Women PAF, Nur Khan Base, Rawalpindi. A total of n=37 undergraduate inactive female (>1-month) students, age between 18-24 years, with moderate level of academic stress measured on academic stress scale were included in the study. While students with diagnosed psychological disorders, systematic diseases were excluded. The participants randomly divided into Light Physical Activity (LPA), Moderate Physical Activity (MPA) and Vigorous Physical activity (VPA) groups. The academic stress scale (ASS) was used to observe level of academic stress among participant at baseline and after six weeks of intervention. Results: The mean age of female study participants was 20.24±1.44 years. Pre-Post analysis showed that all group significantly improve (p
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