Volume 29, Issue 1
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.35
INFLUENCE OF BASKETBALL COMPETITION ON PSYCHOLOGICAL QUALITY AND POSITIVE EMOTIONS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
Abstract
Basketball is a popular sport among college students. This paper attempts to disclose the influence of basketball on the psychological quality and positive emotions of college students. A total of 300 students were selected from three colleges in Jinan, eastern China’s Shandong Province. Among them, 117 did not participate in basketball competition. Then, the motivation, frequency and psychological quality concerning basketball competition of each subject were evaluated against a five-point scale. The evaluation results were statistically analysed in details. The results show that positive emotions are closely correlated with good psychological quality; the positive emotions of college students varied with gender, grade, and major; psychological quality and positive emotions showed significant differences under different influencing factors; the students participating in the basketball competition had better psychological quality and more positive emotions than those not participating in the competition; The research findings help to promote the development of college basketball.
Keywords
Basketball, Psychological Quality, Positive Emotions, Psychology, Physical and Mental Health.