Determine relationship between dimensions of mental health with exercise quality young citizens Introduction: Today, it is well known that exercise play an important role in both physical and mental health. that the young citizens play an important role in creating fresh and dynamic city, paying attention to their mental health is important as their physical health.The aim of this study was to determine relationship between dimensions of mental health with exercise quality of young citizens. Methodology: This research done in Mashhad city and the population of this study was young citizens. For this reason, 145 young males with age 20.33± 3.80 years and 158 young females with age 19.63 ± 1.99 years by simple random sampling were volunteerly selected as sample of this study. After checking reliability of general health questionnaires (Alpha Cronbach=0.94); the questionnaires of quality of exercise and general health (GHQ28) were distributed among males and females candidates. In order to analyze the data the following statistical methods in a significant level of (p≤0.05) were used: Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Kruskal-Wallis Test with use of SPSS software. Results: K-S Test showed that distribution of data was abnormal (p<0.05). The result indicated that there is a significant relationship between regular exercise and sub-scale of mental health (anxiety and sleep loss, depression and Total score of mental health) (p<0.05).The result also indicated that there is a significant relationship between history of exercise and anxiety and Total score of mental health (p<0.05).The result also indicated that there is a significant relationship between intensity of exercise and anxiety and sleep loss (p<0.05).No significant relationship was observed between regular exercise with physical signs and Social disfunctions(p≥0.05). Farther, mental health between males and females citizens was not significantly different (p≥0.05). Discussion and conclusion: Based on the results of performed research, citizens who were involved with regular exercise, had higher levels of mental health. On the other hand, these were consistent with the results of the study of Ahmady and, et al.(1384) and in contrast to the results of the study Hale (1997). citizens with regular exercise had lower anxiety, sleep loss and depression. This finding was in agreement with the results reported by Landers and Petruzzello (1994) and Craft (1997). The results of this study also indicated that citizens with the highest levels of history of exercise had lowering anxiety and sleep loss. Moreover, as observed in results with enhance exercise quality (regular and history of exercise and intensity of exercise) can lowered anxiety and sleep loss and depression and increased total score of mental health. Gender was not effective factor on mental health of the candidates. Although Peluso and Silveira (2005) reported that intensity of exercise can endanger mental health, in this investigation it was observed that citizens with higher intensity of exercise had lower level of anxiety and sleep loss; but in overall, total score mental health had no significant relationship with intensity of exercise. In addition Physical activities improve mental health in various ways.Sanstrom psychological models(1978)with positive effect of physical activities on self-credence and self-esteem,Brik and Morgan distractibility hypothesis with relaxing factor from stimuli and stress-hearing emotions and biological model with biochemical and biological effect on mental health(1). Finally, the result showed that young citizens with regular exercise had higher level of mental health and those with longer history of participating in physical activities,have apparently lower anxiety and sleep loose(table1).

کلمات کلیدی