A study on ego identity and mental health of students in athletes and their relationship
- VernacularTitle:运动员大学生自我同一性、心理健康状况及其关系的研究
- Author:
Yuanbing GUO
;
Chaoyun HUANG
;
Pengfei SUN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Students in athletes;
Ego identity;
Mental health
- From:Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2008;17(11):1031-1033
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the ego identity,mental health and their relationship among students in athletes.Methods 110 students in athletes and 122 athletes in students were measured with identity status scale and athletes' symptom checklist.Results ①Students in athletes have higher "present serf-commitment" (5.09±1.07)and lower "crisis in the past"(2.19±1.12)than athletes in students.The two demonstrate the obvious difference on the distribution of identity status.The percentage of students in athletes obtaining A is lower than that of athletes in students ,while the percentage of students in athletes obtaining D and MD is higher. ②Comparing with the norm,students in athletes have higher level on the factors of sematizafion (1.98±0.42),compulsion (2.21±0.51),interpersonal sensitivity(2.09±0.53),depression (1.85±0.53),anxiety ( 2.47 ～0.58 ),paranoid (1.98±0.21),psychoticism (1.79±0.22) and total average marks (2.00±0.34),lower level on the factors of hostility (1.43±0.48)and cognitive(1.64±0.31). ③Three domains of ego identity exit obvious negative correlation with the sores of psychological symptoms.ANOVA confined that the more advanced ego identity is,the better mental health is.Conclusion Ego identity and mental health of students in athletes have their own features,and ego i-dentity will influence mental health.
