Intervention effect of long-distance running on depression of colleges students

Abstract

Depression is now a common mental disorder among college students. Many methods have been developed to alleviate depression, e.g. drug treatment and psychotherapy but to no avail. This paper aims to design an effective and safe method to prevent, control and resolve depression of college students. A total of 145 college students with different degrees of depression were selected for a 2-month long-distance running experiment. The physical and psychological conditions of the subjects were measured before and after the experiment. Then, the intervention effect of long-distance running on depression was analysed based on the measured data. The results show that long-distance running significantly improves and resolves depression; regular running greatly enhances physical quality, body control and consciousness, and relieves, improves and resolves depression; most male college students are mildly depressed, and much more anxious than males on general; the same was observed among female college students. This research lays a theoretical basis for non-pharmacological treatment for depression among college students.