Various Types of Exercise and Scores on the Beck Depression Inventory

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ID13675691
AuthorsJamshid Ahmadi (0000-0002-7060-469X, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, corresponding author), Foroozandeh Samavat (Shiraz University of Medical Sciences), Marzieh Sayyad (Shiraz University of Medical Sciences), Ahmad Ghanizadeh (0000-0001-7397-7646, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences)
Year2002
Volume90
Issue3
Pages821-822
Publication date2002-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.2002.90.3.821
PMID12090513
OpenAlexW2001004321
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

This study investigated scores on depression of students in sports. 311 (ns = 60, 100, 100, 40, 11) female athletic candidates were selected randomly and administered the Beck Depression Inventory. Initially, 60 persons who had gone through a body-building course for less than 1 month took the inventory and again after 4 wk. The mean score difference was -3.5. This decline in mean depression score after 4 wk. of exercise was significant. In the next step, 100 women new to body building and 100 women who had completed 2 mo. body building were compared. Their mean scores were 13.3 for newcomers and 10.2 for the 2-mo. group, a significant difference. Finally, 40 female athletes who had swum for less than 1 mo. were compared with professional swimmers from the Fars province. Their mean depression scores were 10.5 and 6.5, respectively. This difference was also significant. We concluded that exercising is associated with lower mean scores on the Beck Depression Inventory

Anxiety · Athletes · Beck Depression Inventory · Depression (economics · Mean difference · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Significant difference · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Problem Solving Skills Development · Psychology

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