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Investigating the Moderating Role of Humanity on the Relationship between Football Participation and Mental Well-Being

Demuth, D.D. (2024) Investigating the Moderating Role of Humanity on the Relationship between Football Participation and Mental Well-Being.

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Abstract:The positive impact of sports participation on mental health and the benefit of using one’s character strength to one’s advantage are two topics that, separately, have been well-researched. However, research combining these two topics by exploring which moderating effect character strengths have on the relationship between sports participation and mental well-being is scarce. This study focuses on exploring the moderating role of the character virtue humanity (consisting of the strengths love, kindness, and social intelligence), based on the VIA character strengths classification by Peterson and Seligman (2004), on the relationship between weekly football participation and mental well-being. 57 people (61.40 % M) participated in the study by completing a questionnaire that investigated their weekly football activity, their score on the character virtue humanity and their level of mental well-being. The results showed a positive but not significant correlation between weekly football participation and mental well-being, and the virtue humanity did not moderate this relationship, nor did the three strengths individually. Nevertheless, the results showed a high score of humanity in the participants, indicating that people who possess the virtue humanity tend to regularly participate in the team sport football, where they are able to put their strengths to use.
Item Type:Essay (Bachelor)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:77 psychology
Programme:Psychology BSc (56604)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/100499
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