Revista Argentina de Clínica Psicológica 2020, Vol. XXIX, N°2, 1373-1382
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.379 1373
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Gaozhu Zhou
Abstract
The education of mental and physical health is an important task to promote the well-being of ethnic minorities in China. To fulfil the task, the first step is to clearly identify the health problems of minority youth. Therefore, this paper empirically analyses the mental and physical health of minority youth in universities. The subjects were subjected to a physical health test and a mental health using Cattell’s 16 Personality Factor Model. The test results were analysed statistically on the current state of, correlation between, and problems with mental health and physical health of the subjects. The results show that the physical fitness of the subjects is greatly affected by multiple personality factors; the subjects with good physical health have high scores in excitement, perseverance and courage, but low scores in intelligence, suspicion, experimentation, independence, and tension; the mental health of the subjects is positively correlated with the total score of the physical health test. The research results provide a new guidance on keeping the mental and physical health of minority youth in colleges.
Key words: Mental Health, Physical Health, Correlation Analysis, Minority Youth.
Received: 18-05-19 | Accepted: 12-08-19
INTRODUCTION
With the rapid development of modern society and science and technology, human life has become increasingly prosperous, and people have to face various conflicts and worries. The faster life rhythm makes people face more pressure, fierce social competition, complex social relationships, so that people often feel anxious and tired (Legey, Aquino, Lamego et al., 2017). People are increasingly aware of the fact that fear, anxiety, anger and depression will affect their health. In the past, people generally believed that human health refers to whether the body felt discomfort or whether there was disease, but this view is purely biologically aware of health. With the development of society, people realize that people are both biological and social. People are extremely complex high-
College of Physical Education, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China.
E-Mail: [email protected]
level living bodies, and have not only physiological activities, but also psychological activities and adaptation to society and life events (Tayebeh, Maryam, & Tayebeh, 2017). At present, the research on the psychological health problem of minority youth in ethnic minority is not enough, which leads to more serious psychological health problems (Gray & Brown, 2017). In order to ensure that the
psychological health problem of ethnic
minorities can be resolved in a timely manner
and enable them to maintain healthy
development, it is necessary to study the correlation between physical health and psychological health (Xiang, Gu, Jackson et al., 2017). Adolescence is considered to be a period of particular sensitivity to "stressors". Such "sensitivity" will give a connection between mental and physical development, and many studies have maintained a high level of concern for "cardiopulmonary endurance" in physical health (Zhao, Feng, Wang et al., 2017; Pereira, Fernandes, De Melo et al., 2017). Studies on
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cardiovascular disease have shown that
individuals who experience unfortunate events, persistent stress and long-term emotional instability during childhood and adolescence will have a greater negative impact on their cardiopulmonary function and may even develop to heart diseases in adulthood (White, Babic, Parker et al., 2017). After four years of tracking adolescents between 11 and 13 years old, it was found that the level of cardiorespiratory strength of adolescents with anxiety, depression and other symptoms was not significantly higher than that of other normal adolescents at the beginning of the follow-up period (Novillo-Ortiz, Hernández-Pérez, & Saigí-Rubió, 2017). In a
recent study of depression mechanism,
researchers used the path analysis to establish a logical relationship between cardiorespiratory stress and depression, confirming that high levels of cardiorespiratory strength are highly correlated with low levels of depression (Park, Wang, Williams et al., 2017). Under the current trend of the general decline in physical activity among adolescents, most organizations and institutions at home and abroad support the improvement of the health level of adolescents by improving the level of physical activity, which also improves the psychological health of adolescents (Yu, Yu, & Wang, 2017; Moskoei, Mohtashami, Ghalenoeei et al., 2017). However, through the study of the relationship between physical activity and psychological health of adolescents, it can be found that whether physical activity is an influencing factor of the psychology of adolescents is still a controversial issue. Therefore, the relationship between physical activity and psychological health of adolescents should be discussed in depth through scientific means and methods. The relationship between the enhancement of physical activity among adolescents and the improvement of physical health has been recognized by many studies (Chiba, Umeda, Goto et al., 2017). Therefore, in a certain sense, physical activity can be used as a mediator variable or intervention variable to establish a deep connection between physical health and psychological health of adolescents. It can also improve the psychological health of adolescents through the intervention in physical activity.
Based on the existing research results and the in-depth analysis of the existing problems, this paper applies the theory of contemporary psychology, sociology, biology and other
disciplines to evaluate the health literature. This paper attempts to use the theoretical research, investigation and experimental methods to study the physical health and psychological health of minority youth in ethnic minority. It is hoped that the psychological health of minority youth can be improved and the impact of physical health on the psychological health of minority youth can be explored by discussing the relationship between physical health and psychological health, constructing a theoretical analysis model of physical health and empirical
research, which can encourage more
adolescents to participate in sports activities and provide a scientific theoretical basis for the overall health conditions. This paper analyzes the correlation between physical health and
psychological health from an empirical
perspective. From the relationship between the
psychological health level of minority
adolescents and the results of physical health test, the factors that affect the physical health and psychological health were analyzed. Through the data analysis, this paper verifies the interaction mechanism between physical fitness and psychological health benefits, and conducts a comprehensive study on the correlation between physical health and psychological health of adolescents in minority youth.
THEORIES RELATED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
Conditions for the formation of psychological quality
The characteristics of the human brain and nervous system and the characteristics of human senses have a significant impact on the formation of human psychological quality. Defects in brain hypoplasia or nervous system and congenital sensory surface defects are the health problems of human beings, but they have a detrimental effect on the formation of good psychological quality. It is difficult for people with congenital psychological retardation to form a high level of ability and self-confidence, responsibility and dedication. It is difficult for people with sensory defects to form a good aesthetic psychology and they are prone to
unhealthy psychological tendencies and
psychological characteristics such as loneliness, inferiority, jealousy and waywardness.
Although the environment faced by people is
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environmental factor for the formation of human psychological quality is the social and psychological environment. Because people are social animals and they must live in the society to form human characteristics. The biggest difference between humans and other species is that individuals of other species can grow into members of the species if they are separated from the population. For example, animals that grow in zoos cannot be separated from human society. Evidence has shown that the children of wolves, bear and other wild animals raised in human history have raised children. Marx pointed out that "individuals are social beings" and "the formation of senses is the product of all previous world history." These arguments fully illustrate the important role of the human social environment in the formation and development of human psychological quality. The dynamic adaptive mode of the psychological health of minority youth in ethnic minority is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1
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Dynamic adaptive model of
psychological health of minority youth
Human consciousness is unified with human activities and human psychology is a reflection of objective reality in activities and a subjective image of objective reality generated in the
reflection process. At the same time,
consciousness regulates and restricts the
progress of people's activities. Human
psychology and consciousness are formed and developed in the historical activities of understanding and transforming objective reality. It is impossible to form a good psychological quality by leaving the interaction between individuals and the environment, the subjective efforts of individuals and the practice activity of individuals.
Correspondence between psychological health and physical health
The World Health Organization defines the concept of four-dimensional health, that is, "a person is sound in all aspects of physical health, psychological health, social health and moral health." Although the development of this concept is "systematic", if the concept of health develops accordingly, there may be more and more people who are "ill". Fortunately, the World Health Organization has put forward the standards of "health", which includes:
(1) Have enough energy to cope with the stress of daily life and work without feeling too nervous;
(2) Being optimistic, positive, and willing to take responsibility, not to be particular about things;
(3) Good rest and sleep;
(4) Strong strain capacity and can adapt to changes in the environment;
(5) Can resist common influenza and infectious diseases;
(6) Moderate weight, well-proportioned shape, and coordinated position of the head, shoulders and arms when standing;
(7) The eyes are bright; the reaction is intense, and the eyelids are not inflamed;
(8) The teeth are clean, no voids, no pain; the teeth are normal in color, no bleeding;
(9) The hair is shiny and has no dandruff; (10) Muscle and skin are elastic and can walk easily.
Compared with the concept of physical fitness, (4), (5), (6), (10) in the health standards are directly related to the concept of physical fitness. From the dominant point of view, the health standard does not include the motor function problem in the constitution. However, in item (1), it is implied that there is a requirement for good physical fitness. In fact, the development of strength, endurance and flexibility is indeed one of the important conditions for "having enough energy and being able to cope with the stress of daily life and work without feeling too nervous." The constitutional health management system for minority youth adolescents is shown in Figure 2.
From the comparison of the concepts of health and physique, we can think that health is important to people. Physique can be considered as one of the foundations of health, and strengthening physical fitness is an important
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psychological quality is not produced out of thin air, and must rely on certain conditions. In the formation process of human psychological quality, the genetic characteristics are an important material basis. Physique refers to the relatively stable form and function of the human body under the interaction of genetics and environment. Physique is the material basis of all human life activities.
Figure 2
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Minority youth physical fitness
management system
According to the definition of the United
Nations World Health Organization,
psychological health not only refers to no psychological illness or metamorphosis, but also the adaptation of individual social life. It also refers to the perfection of personality and the full potential of psychological potential, that is, the personal psychological state under certain objective conditions. Psychological health is a high-level adaptation state of individuals to the social environment, and it is a good state of internal coordination and external adaptation. Firstly, psychological health is a psychological state; secondly, psychological health is a good state of internal and external coordination; thirdly, good social adaptation is an important
manifestation or important feature of
psychological health; finally, psychological health is a positive psychological state of upward development.
A positive, good psychological state can, maintain moderate excitement, promote and activate related endocrine, maximize muscle and nervous system performance, and is conducive to physical fitness, which is also confirmed in the later data research. It can be seen that there is an interaction effect between physical health and psychological health.
ANALYSIS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF MINORITY YOUTH IN UNIVERSITIES
Analysis of psychological health of minority youth in universities
1) Overall analysis of psychological health assessment results
The statistical analysis of psychological assessment data, can be divided into the following four types according to the screening criteria for psychological health of adolescents and the relevant scores of subjects:
In the first category, minority youth in ethnic minority who may have a "serious psychological crisis" can be judged as having one of the following four conditions: (1) the score of the depression dimension is greater than or equal to 20; (2) the score of the anxiety dimension is greater than 26 points; (3) the score of psychological illness tendency dimension is greater than 19 points; (4) the sum of scores of three dimensions, namely paranoia, social attack and impulsivity is greater than 70 points.
In the second category, minority youth in ethnic minority who may have "general psychological problems" are judged not to be in the first category of evaluation criteria, but the score of following items is greater than or equal to 4 points: they suspect that they have incurable diseases; they feel that someone is monitoring or talking about them; they feel that others can control their own thoughts; they feel someone will persecute themselves.
In the third category, minority youth in ethnic minority who may have "potential psychological distress" refer to those who do not meet the first and second evaluation criteria.
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In the fourth category, minority youth in ethnic minority who may have "no psychological distress", refer to those whose score is normal. As can be seen from Figure 3, in the psychological test results of all the minority youth participating in the test, it is gratifying that the proportion of minority youth in the category of "no psychological distress" is 71.24%, which indicates that more than 70% of minority youth have no psychological distress, but in contrast, the proportion of minority youth with "no psychological distress" among minority youth is 70.89% and 71.57%, respectively. This indicates that with the increase of school time, the academic pressure and the things they have contacted will affect the mental health of minority youth to a certain extent. This reminds us that we need to pay attention to the learning and living environment of minority youth and strive to create a good living and learning atmosphere for them. At the same time, we saw
minority youth classified as "potential
psychological distress", accounting for 15.35% of the total number. Combined with the analysis data, we can find that these ethnic minority teenagers have certain volatility to be transformed to good or bad direction. Such data reminds us to always pay attention to their mental health and try to help them avoid psychological troubles. The proportion of
minority youth classified as "general
psychological problems" is 8.46%. This group of people also requires us to have a deep understanding of their life and learning situation, and to do relevant psychological counseling at any time to help them get out of psychological misunderstanding. For minority youth in the "severe psychological crisis" group, these adolescents may have suicidal behaviors or intentions, or psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions accounting for 4.95% of the total population. It can be seen that it is difficult for minority youth in this group to adjust their psychological in a short period of time. It requires the comprehensive attention of schools, families, and even the society to help them rationally understand the world as much as possible. 2) Analysis of mental health test results of adolescents of different genders
In the psychological test, the psychological different of different genders is very significant, so it is necessary to analyze the gender-based mental health analysis statistics in the psychological test data. It can be seen from
Figure 4 that the proportion of possible problems of same sex is more significant in terms of "potential psychological distress", "general
psychological problems" and "serious
psychological crisis". The total proportion is the ratio of the group to the total number of testers.
Figure 4
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Analysis of mental health of
minority youth
(a)Mental health of minority boys and boys
(b) Mental health of ethnic minority girls
As can be seen from Figure 4, the number of valid data involved in the statistics is 14,953, including 10,260 males and 4,693 females, with a male to female ratio of about 2.2:1. In the "no psychological problem" group, the "total same-sex proportion " of males is 5.3%, lower than that of females. In the "total proportion" of this group, the "total proportion" of the two genders is 2.03:1. In the "disturbed" group, the "total proportion" of male and female students is similar, which is slightly smaller than the male-female ratio in the statistical population, indicating that the mental health level of male students is slightly lower than that of female students. In the "potential psychological distress" group, although the "same-sex ratio" of male and female students is similar, it is obvious
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that the data of female students is 14.07% higher than that of male students in the "same-sex problem ratio". To a certain extent, it is easier for females to change their mental health as the living environment changes and females are more likely to have mental health fluctuations.
Analysis of the physique health of college minority youth
1) Overall rating
Ratings were performed according to relevant scoring criteria, as shown in Table 1. The total number of participants in two grades was 14,589: the number of "excellent" was 49, and the rate of excellence was 0.34%; the number of "good" was 1577, and the rate of good was 10.81%; and the number of "passing" was 12030, and the pass rate was 82.46%. Among them, the number of male students was 10050. The number of "excellent" was 32, and the excellent rate was 0.32%; the number of "good" was 756, and the good rate was 7.52%; the number of "passing" was 8405, and the passing rate was 83.63%. The number of female in the test was 4539. The number of "excellent" was 17 and the rate of excellence was 0.37%; the number of "good" was 821, and the good rate was 18.09%; the number of "passing" was 3625, and the passing rate was 79.86%.
It can be seen from the above data that the
physical fitness and health of minority youth is generally good. At an excellent level, the physical fitness of females is higher than that of males, which is different from the generally perceived "weak woman" image. In addition, as can be seen from Table 1, the failure rate of males is actually more than five times that of females. If the cardinality problem is taken into account, the number of males is only twice that of females, and the reason for this phenomenon is worth pondering.
2) Physical condition
The measurement of the physical condition of minority youth is generally quantified using indicators such as height, weight and BMI index. Among them, the height data can reflect the growth and development of human bones; the body weight data can reflect the development of human body bones, muscles, fat and other related body tissues. According to the scoring standard in "National Minority Youth Physical Fitness and Health Standards", the evaluation scores of the BMI index are shown in Table 2.
It can be seen from Table 3 that the average height of male and female students is basically the same as the national average, but the weight is slightly higher than the national average. Among them, the average weight of males is 1.64% higher than the national average, and the average weight of females is 4.65% higher than the national average, which reflects to a certain
Table 1.
Statistical table of total test results of national minority youth's constitutional
health standards for ethnic minorities
Gender Number of people Excellent Good Pass Fail
Boy 1005 0.31% 7.52% 83.62% 8.55%
Girl 453 0.37% 18.08% 79.84% 1.61%
Total 1458 0.34% 10.80% 82.44% 6.42%
Table 2.
Body mass index (BMI) single score sheet
Grade One-way score Boy Girl
Normal 100 17.9~23.8 17.2~23.9
Low weight 80 ≤17.7 ≤17.1
Overweight 24.0~27.8 24.0~27.9
Obesity 60 ≥27.9 ≥28.0
Table 3.
Comparison of the mean height and weight of ethnic minority youth with the
national average of adults
Gender Average height Average weight National average height National average weight
Boy 171.5 68.3 171.9 67.3
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extent that ethnic minorities are lacking in proper exercise so that their weights are higher. The learning situation and daily life situation can be concluded: compared with males, females prefer to sit still or engage in other non-violent sports. In order to more intuitively present the physical form of minority youth, Figure 5 lists the corresponding percentage of BMI grades based on the test.
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Percentage of BMI grades of
minority youth
As can be seen from Figure 5, the proportion of females at the normal BMI level is 15% higher than that of males, while the other three levels are significantly lower than males; in the three levels of "low weight", "overweight" and "obesity", the proportion of "overweight" for both males and females is the highest, which indicates that some student may suffer from the problem of "overweight" and "obesity" due to the lack of exercise, bad habits and bad eating habits. This shows that the physical form of minority youth is generally symmetrical, in which females pay more attention to maintaining their physical form than males. The possible reason is that they have receive more social influence on female talents, or received some media coverage.
CORRELATION ANALYSIS BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF MINORITY YOUTH
T-test analysis of mental health and physical health
Using SPSS, the two sets of data were integrated and extracted, and the corresponding data were processed to obtain the scores of physical health test indicators under different mental health levels, as shown in Figure 6.
It can be seen from Figure 6(a) that there may be serious psychological crisis in minority youth and non-psychologically afflicted minority youth in the four indicators of physical score, BMI score, long jump score, endurance running score. There were significant differences in flexion scores and there were no significant differences in the three indicators of vital capacity score, sprint score, and strength score. Among the indicators of the physique health test for minority youth, the scores of the strength scores of minority youth without psychological distress are lower than those who may have serious psychological crisis, and the former has higher scores among all other test items. It is also known that there is no significant difference in the strength score in this T-test analysis. Therefore, as shown in Figure 6(a), the health level of ethnic minorities without psychological distress is higher than that of ethnic minority teenagers who may have serious psychological crisis. This shows that a healthy and positive psychological state can promote the healthy development of physical fitness to a certain extent, thereby improving the physical fitness of ethnic minorities, and negative psychological states such as negative and pessimistic emotions can hinder the healthy development of physical fitness to a certain extent. This suggests that if we want to maintain a healthy body, we need to have a healthy mind. Therefore, while paying attention to physical education, we also need to
try to integrate healthy and positive
psychological education courses to improve the mental health of minority youth, and to promote the healthy development of the physical fitness of minority youth.
It can be seen from Figure 6(b) that there are significant differences in the indicators of body weight scores among minority youth who may have general psychological problems and those who do not have psychological problems. However, there are no significant differences in other physical health test indicators. Among the indicators of the physical health test, the scores of the physical health test scores of the minority youth with general psychological problems were higher than those without psychological problems, and the scores of the former in all the
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other test items were lower than the latter. It can be seen from the comparison and analysis of the physical data that the physique health level of minority youth without psychological problems is higher than that of minority youth with general psychological problems. This reflects that general mental health problems have an impact on the physical health of minority youth. Relevant staff should take correct and effective measures for intervention and treatment in time, which will be more conducive to the improvement of the mental health of minority youth.
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T-test analysis of various physical
health test indicators of psychological crisis
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(a) Severe psychological crisis
(b) General psychological problems
Correlation analysis of mental health and physical health test results
It can be seen from Table 4 that there is
significant correlation between the total scores of physical health test and social anxiety, coercion, internet addiction, and eating problems in the mental health test (P<0.001), and the correlation coefficients are 0.027, -0.029, --0.029, -0.036 respectively. This indicates that these psychological factors are negatively correlated with the level of physical health. In general, when a factor of minority youth has a high score, it will reduce the physical health, that is, the corresponding total score will decrease. This also reminds us that when the performance of physique health test of minority youth is below the passing line, it is necessary to consider the mental health problems of minority youth. It is necessary to increase the attention and take appropriate intervention measures according to the situation to guide them to enter normal psychological state. At the same time, we also saw that the total scores of physical health tests were significantly correlated with the total scores of mental health tests, suicidal intentions,
hallucinations, anxiety, dependence, and
impulsivity (P<0.01). The BMI score was
significantly correlated with the eating problem
in the mental health test factor (P < 0.001), and
the correlation coefficient was -0.055, indicating that minority youth with eating problems are generally too fat or thin. Spirometry scores showed a significant correlation with impulsivity,
compulsion, and employment stress factors (P <
0.001), with correlation coefficients of 0.028, -0.028, and -0.027, respectively, indicating that these minority psychological problems exist in minority youth and they are likely to be affected by these factors. Therefore targeted mental and physical intervention training are required. The sprint score showed a significant correlation with the dependence and eating problem factors
(P<0.001), and the correlation coefficients were
-0.030 and -0.045, respectively, which suggested us that minority teenagers with lower sprint scores may be related to eating problems. These two factors of long jump score and impulsive showed a very significant correlation with eating
problems (P<0.001). The long-term scores of
minority teenagers with these two factors were lower than normal. Endurance scores showed a significant correlation with Internet addiction and eating problems (P < 0.001).
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Table 4.
Correlation analysis of various factors of physique health test and mental health
test for minority youth
Variable
Total score of physical
fitness test BMI score Vital capacity score Dash score
r value p value r value p value r value p value r value p value
Test score -0.022 0.007 -0.004 0.672 -0.021 0.005 -0.023 0.004
Anxiety -0.021 0.003 -0.017 0.044 -0.005 0.521 -0.022 0.007
Depression -0.024 0.006 -0.007 0.372 -0.020 0.021 -0.017 0.035
Paranoia -0.021 0.005 -0009 0.439 -0.021 0.187 -0.221 0.033
Inferiority -0.023 0.004 -0006 0.759 -0.024 0.184 -0.224 0.036
Sensitive -0.043 0.009 -0007 0.569 -0.029 0.189 -0.227 0.039
Social fear -0.029 0.003 -0006 0.739 -0.022 0.183 -0.229 0.031
Rely -0.033 0.008 -0036 0.736 -0.027 0.184 -0.222 0.032
Studying pressure -0.017 0.006 -0056 0.348 -0.025 0.187 -0.225 0.036
Interpersonal relationship -0.025 0.005 -0004 0.278 -0.024 0.185 -0.227 0.035
According to the data described in Table 4, it can be seen that all aspects of health are not independent but related to each other.
Physiological activities and psychological
activities are not only of equal importance to health, but also affect each other. Health is the foundation of mental health and has an indirect or direct impact on the mind. Therefore, while promoting the comprehensive and healthy development of minority youth, we should also pay attention to the integration of mental health and physical health of minority youth. After an in-depth analysis of the links and correlations between these two factors, we should realize that we can use the correlation between these two factors to carry out daily physical education teaching practice, and find out the problems through the development of teaching programs that meet corresponding standards.
CONCLUSION
This paper explores whether there is a correlation between the physical health and mental health of minority youth, and provides some theoretical basis for the integration of physical education and mental health education and useful reference for the mental health guidance of minority youth. Studies have shown that there is a significant correlation between physical health and mental health, and it is positively correlated. High level of mental health corresponds to high physical fitness test scores. The mental health of minority youth with severe psychological crisis is lower than that of minority youth with general psychological problems, while the general health level of minority youth is lower than that of minority youth without
psychological distress. Female students with good physical examination score and below are more likely to have psychological problems, especially in depression and self-injury. There are significant correlations between physical health indicators and specific mental health factors. For minority youth who may have serious psychological crisis in psychological tests, exercise programs should be formulated with the aim of enhancing overall physical fitness and helping them improve their psychological state through physical exercise. For minority youth with general psychological problems, exercises can be designed to enhance the flexibility of the body to regulate their mental health.
Acknowledgement
Research on the joint development of national traditional non-legacy national traditional sports culture and college physical education, 18XTY006, 2018 National Social Science Fund Western Project, participants.
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