Effects of a 12-Week Football Intervention on Mental Health and Psychological Resilience in Secondary School Students

Yang Lei and Syahrul Ridhwan Morazuki
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Yang Lei: Faculty of Educational Sciences and Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Syahrul Ridhwan Morazuki: Faculty of Physical Education, East China University of Technology

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 17, 726-738

Abstract: This study examines the effect of football participation on the mental health of secondary school students and provides empirical evidence for integrating physical education into school-based mental health intervention. A total of 80 students from No.2 middle school in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 40) and a control group (n = 40). The experimental group participated in a 12-week football training program (three sessions per week, 60-80 minutes each), while the control group received regular physical education classes. Mental health status was assessed using the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) before and after the intervention. Paired-sample t-tests and independent-sample t-tests were used for statistical analysis. The results indicated no significant differences between the groups prior to intervention (P > 0.05). However, post-intervention results showed that the experimental group demonstrated significantly lower scores in obsessive-compulsive symptoms, depression, anxiety, interpersonal sensitivity, hostility, phobic anxiety, and total SCL-90 score compared to the control group (P

Date: 2025
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