How does being involved in a sporting/physically active environment affect a person's mental health?

Biologically/medically
1. Releasing endorphins
2. Helps cure depression
3. Briefly feeling happier
  1. Positive or negative?
4. Preventing diseases
5. Age effects
  1. Functionality of older people
  2. Ability barriers
Playing with a team
1. Sense of belonging
2. Keeping teams together
3. Affects of personalities
  1. Positive
  2. Negative
Dealing with success/failure
1. Winning/losing
2. Making or not making a team
3. Competing with others
4. Expectations
5. Life skills
  1. Playing sport as a child
Pressures
1. Team
  1. Needing to win
2. Professionals
3. Parental
  1. Pushy parents
  2. Sporting parents
Placebo
1. Believing that if exercising, you are healthy
2. Ignoring risks of other things
Geographical
1. Developing countries
2. Sporting opportunities

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	Created by emily.crump over 8 years ago