太极拳锻炼对中老年人心理因素影响分析

Effect of shadowboxing on the psychological factors in middle and aged people

目的:探讨长期习练太极拳对中老年人心理因素的影响。方法:随机抽取济南市中老年太极拳练习者为研究对象,用调查问卷的方法获得有关心理压力,人际关系和心理年龄的数据。结果:济南市中老年具有运动习惯者的心理健康状况较好,实际年龄<49岁的占6%,心理年龄<49岁的占100%;太极拳人群与其他人群的心理年龄没有差别(χ2=5.49,P>0.05);不同活动组中老年人的心理应激能力、人际关系维度得分差异有显著性意义(χ2=18.00～41.82;P<0.01)。结论:长期习练太极拳可以缓解中老年人的心理压力,显著影响中老年人心理应激能力,促进中老年人人际关系的协调发展。

AIM:To explore the effect of long term exercise of shadowboxing on the psychological factors in middle and aged people. METHODS:Middle and aged people engaged in shadowboxing in Jinan were randomly selected as the subjects.Data about psychological stress,interpersonal relationship,mental age were obtained by the survey of questionnaire. RESULTS:The state of mental health of middle and aged people who were accustomed to doing exercise in Jinan was better,there were 6% of them whose actual age< 49,while 100% of them whose mental age< 49.There was no difference in mental age between people engaged in shadowboxing and other people(χ 2=5.49, P >0.05).There were significant differences in the scores of psychological stress and interpersonal relationship between different activity groups(χ 2=18.00- 41.82; P< 0.01). CONCLUSION:Long term shadowboxing exercises can reduce the psychological stress of middle and aged people,influence their mental stress significantly,and promote the better development of interpersonal relationship.