Analysis of the Relationship between Physical Exercise and Mental Health

Abstract

The relationship between physical exercise and mental health has always been the focus of psychological research. The critical role of physical exercise on mental health is being valued by the general public. This paper presents the impact of various forms of physical activity on adolescents' mental health and explores the rationale behind how exercise benefits mental health. Through the review and analysis, it concludes that physical exercise contributes to the development of adolescents' mental health in terms of emotion, cognition and social adaptation, and the physiological mechanism and psychoanalytic theory are one of the reasons why exercise affects mental health. This paper hopes to play a role in promoting future researches of human mental health.