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RESEARCHEARCH
RES Physical activity and its impact on these challenges, I carefully reviewed

students’ mental health was the focus the sources and engaged in discussions

of my first university research project, with my group members to ensure

which I conducted collaboratively with clarity and consistency.

a group of students. I selected this topic

because many students experience The findings of our questionnaire

significant stress, particularly during revealed that approximately 90% of the

examination periods and busy academic respondents agreed that physical activity

weeks. As a student, I was interested in improves mental health. These results

exploring whether exercise genuinely indicate that a large majority of students

helps to improve mood and reduce believe that exercise plays a significant

stress. I aimed to identify clear evidence role in reducing stress and enhancing

demonstrating whether physical activity mood. Through this research, I learned

can make a meaningful difference in that even simple physical activities, such

students’ daily lives. as walking, can have a positive impact

on mental well-being. I also developed

To conduct this research, we worked as a an understanding of the importance of

team to design a questionnaire consisting teamwork and the need for accuracy

of six questions related to sports and when supporting research with reliable

their impact on students’ mental health. information.

The questionnaire included a variety

of response formats, such as agree/ Overall, this research experience

disagree/neutral, yes/no/don’t know, was highly valuable. It enhanced my

and multiple-choice questions. It was understanding of the relationship

then distributed among students at between physical activity and mental

Dhofar University, and a total of thirty- health, and it also influenced my

one students responded. In addition, personal perspective on exercise.

we consulted academic sources to In future research, I would aim to

support our findings. One of the main increase the number of participants to

challenges I encountered was effectively strengthen the reliability and accuracy

linking the questionnaire results with of the findings.

the information obtained from academic

literature. Another difficulty involved By Alnawar ALSaidi

organizing the information in a clear

and coherent manner. To overcome

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