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The Moderating Role of Justice in the Relationship between Football and Mental Well-Being
Book, Tobias (2024) The Moderating Role of Justice in the Relationship between Football and Mental Well-Being.
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| Abstract: | The Mental well-being of students is of critical concern in their academic prowess. Consequently, this study explores the relationship between the hours of football students play and their respective mental well-being. In addition to this, a potential moderator, namely the virtue of Justice and its three encompassing strengths fairness, teamwork, and leadership, is established and explored as well. Using a sample of 54 students, this research employs a correlation analysis, a generalized linear model analysis and a bootstrapping analysis to assess these constructs. The findings revealed a weak non-significant correlation between hours of football and mental well-being, and the Generalized Linear Model and Bootstrapping analyses also revealed non-significant interaction effects. These results contradict previous research which has consistently found significant positive relationships between playing football and mental well-being. Several factors may explain this discrepancy, such as the setting in which football is played and the intensity of the competition, which were not controlled for in this study. Limitations, such as the non-normal distribution of data was accounted for by using nonparametric tools to explore the relationships. This study´s findings challenge the current scientific consensus, advocating against the universality of a linear positive impact of increasing physical activity and suggesting a more differentiated view about the relationship in itself. Future research should control for the setting and intensity in which the football is played and accommodate the methodological limitations of this study to obtain a meaningful basis on which to differentiate the relationship. |
| 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/100539 |
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