Evaluating the Correlation of Physical Fitness and Happiness among College Students

Introduction: physical activity has a significant impact on thequality of life and mental health of college students. theimportance and role of happiness in mental health and socialparticipation have been one of the most important priorities ofpsychology researchers. also, very few studies have beenconducted on happiness among college students, especiallyfemales, so the present study aimed to determine the correlationbetween physical fitness and happiness among female universitystudents.materials and methods: this research was a descriptive andcorrelational study. the participants consisted of a group of 124females (aged 20.94 ± 1.82 years) who were selected randomlyfrom ilam university students. the aahperd battery was usedto obtain the physical fitness grade of the students and the oxfordquestionnaire was used to calculate their happiness. the data wereanalyzed by spss software and the pearson correlationcoefficient.results: results of this study indicated a significant relationshipbetween physical fitness and happiness (r = 0.293, p = 0.048).conclusion: the research indicated that exercise and physicalactivity effectively improve students' happiness and suggestedthat it must pay more attention to sport programs and increaseuniversity student's physical fitness.