Nível de stress e humor em universitários ingressantes de um programa de esportes

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify the levels of stress control, emotional symptoms, mental health and mood in freshmen in a sports program at a public university in a capital in northeastern Brazil. For this, the following questionnaires were applied: Lifestyle Profile, PEVI (NAHAS, 2000) to measure stress control and report each individual's lifestyle; Short Form-36 (SF-36) to measure quality of life, using only the “emotional” and “mental health” dimensions; Profile of Moods States (POMS) to measure mood. The POMS was used in full and the short version the SF-36 and PEVI. After analyzing the data, it was found that for stress control they did not obtain negative results (0 to 0.99), but regular (1 to 1.99) and positive (2 to 3). As for the mood state, scores below were not found, and they did not show the level of humor above the scores or very close (28 and 20), not approaching precisely the level of total mood disturbance which would be close to 168 in any modality. For the emotional and mental health dimensions, classified as positive according to the closest or exact scores to 100 for the perception of happiness and well-being. It is concluded that the continuation of this program at the University to improve the quality of life of students who are part of the university body is of paramount importance as a contribution to a more active, more willing and less sedentary life.