The Impact of Leisure Sports Activities on The Psychological Health of The Public

Abstract

The research aimed was to investigate the impact of leisure sports activities on the psychological health of the public. For this objective, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 460 young and middle-aged residents aged 18-59 from 10 streets and towns in 5 districts of Shanghai, using both questionnaire survey and interview methods, understand the basic situation of Shanghai residents' participation in leisure sports activities, including frequency, time, form, motivation, expenditure, etc., as well as the effectiveness of participation and residents' social psychology, perform binary correlation analysis and regression analysis on large sample survey data using SPSS statistical software. Young and middle-aged people in Shanghai have a high degree of national identity; Emotions are relatively cantered and tend to be positive; Low sense of fairness; Young and middle-aged people tend to have a neutral and positive evaluation of themselves and their experiences, as well as their evaluation of the social environment; The sense of happiness, security and self-efficacy were higher; the frequency of participation in leisure sports activities affects the sense of fairness and social environment evaluation of young and middle-aged people; Leisure sports time investment affects young and middle-aged people's national identity, negative emotions, happiness, security, prosocial behaviour and self-efficacy. Leisure sports activities are an important factor in promoting the formation of a positive social mind-set among middle-aged and young residents because engaging in leisure sports activities positively contributed to impact the psychological health of the public by reducing stress, enhancing mood, and fostering social connections.