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PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND MENTAL HEALTH
Data Analysis Procedures
The study seeks to determine the relationship between physical activities and mental health in teachers. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 15.0. Chi-square tests were used to test demographic differences in the frequency of exercising and the type of exercises undertaken. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to assess differences in mental health status by the type and frequency of physical exercise. Tukey post-hoc analysis was conducted for statistically significant associations to determine where the differences lie. The number of hours worked was used as a proxy for job stress, which past studies have identified as a predictor of mental health. Ishikawa et al. (2022) found a significant negative association between job stress and mental health, and hence, more hours of work was used to indicate poorer mental health.
The study tests the following hypothesis:
1. H0: there is no statistically significant association between age and the type or frequency of physical exercise among teachers
Ha: there is a statistically significant association between age and the type or frequency of physical exercise among teachers
2. H0: there are no statistically significant differences in mental health status among teachers based on exercising frequency
Ha: there are statistically significant differences in mental health status among teachers based on exercising frequency
3. H0: there are no statistically significant differences in mental health status among teachers based on the type of physical exercise undertaken
Ha: there are statistically significant differences in mental health status among teachers based on the type of physical exercise undertaken
Sample Characteristics
Data was collected from a sample of 50 teachers aged between 30 and 40 years. 66 percent of participants were aged between 30 and 35, while 34 percent were aged between 36 and 40 years. Most of the participants (48%) engaged in...…Tukey test showed that only the mean difference between the group that exercised five times a week and that which exercised seven times a week was statistically significant (p = 0.000). The mean differences between the groups that exercised twice, three times, and four times a week were not statistically significant. Thus, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that differences in mental health status across groups of teachers who exercise five and seven times a week were statistically significant.
Finally, we sought to determine whether there were significant differences in mental health status based on the type of physical exercises undertaken (Aerobics, Aerobics and weight-lifting, Zumba, and yoga). One-way ANOVA found that differences across categories were insignificant (F (4,49) = 0.57, p= 0.686). Thus we accept the third null hypothesis and conclude that there is no statistically significant difference in mental health status across groups of teachers taking…
References
Ishikawa, Y., Kohara, M., & Nushimoto, A. (2022). Job stress and mental health among social workers: Evidence from a field experiment at a public employment support institution in Japan. The Japanese Economic Review, 73(1), 123-146.
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