Author(s)

Fang Tan, Xin Zhao and Jiaqiong Zhang

Corresponding Author

Jiaqiong Zhang

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to understand the mental health status and exercise status of preschool children, and to explore the impact of exercise on mental health, so as to provide a basis for formulating intervention strategies. Based on the questionnaire, 1832 questionnaires were collected from 4 districts in Chongqing, China. SPSS software was used for statistical analysis. The results showed that the number of preschool children with regular exercise was 33.7%, which was 619. Among them, 40.1% were in good mental health, 349 were in good mental health, only 2 had serious mental problems, only 0.3%. 1213 preschool children with irregular exercise accounted for 66.3% of the total, 370 people had good mental health, accounting for 30.4%, and 9 people had serious mental problems, accounting for 0.7%. From this we can see that long-term regular exercise can effectively promote the development of children's mental health, which has an important role in regulating mental health.

KEYWORDS

Sports Behavior, Mental Health, preschool children, questionnaire