중학생의 스포츠 활동 참가가 스트레스에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Effects of middle school students' participation in sports activities on stress

Jung, Myung sook

Major in Physical Education

Graduate School of Education

Korea Maritime University

The purpose of this study was to investigate what effects the participation of middle school students in sports activities would have on stress. It was also aimed to provide basic data for the awareness of adolescents' health issues and the activation of sports, by examining the differences in the participation of sports activities by gender and school year, those accordance with its actual conditions and the relationship between the degree of participating in sports activities and subordinate domains of stress.

The subjects of study included male and female students from S Middle School located in J City through random sampling and 822 questionnaires were analyzed.

Collected data were analyzed using an SPSS Ver. 12.0 Window Program and were tested through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Cronbach's value for verifying the feasibility and reliability. In addition, frequency analysis was conducted to find out the actual conditions of adolescents' participation in sports activities and t-test and one way ANOVA were performed to figure out the difference in stress according to the degree of participation.

Through the said research methods and procedures, the following results were obtained.

First, with regards to the degree of participation in sports activities by gender in middle school students, male students participated more regularly than female students and the former tended to participate in group sports and the latter in individual sports in terms of the events of sports activities.

Second, in terms of stress of middle school students by gender, it has been found that female students had higher stress in school issues, physical behavior, problem solving and interpersonal relationship than male counterparts.

Third, speaking of stress accordance with the presence of participating sports activities of middle school students, it has been observed that irregular participants had higher stress in school issues, physical behavior, self-control, problem solving and interpersonal relationship than regular participants.

Fourth, stress depending on the degree of middle school students' participation in sports activities did not show significant differences in participation frequency & intensity. Meanwhile, in terms of participation period, the participants with 6 months to a year had higher stress in self-control than those with more than 3 years and those with less than 6 months had higher stress in interpersonal relationship than those with more than 3 years.