Investigate and Comparison of Mental Hygiene and Educational Performance of Athletic and non-Athletic high school students

The research method was descriptive(ex post facto).The sampling frame of the study included 1500 athletic and non athletic boys and girls in third grads high schools of Marvdasht city out of which 100 athletic and 100 non athletic were selected as a sample using stratified sampling strategy. The data of this study was collected through: Educational performance test and mental hygiene questionnaire. In order to analyze the data obtained both descriptive statistic (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistical procedure(independent T test and analysis of variance) were used. The results of the study showed a meaningful difference between educational performance and mental hygiene of athletic and non- athletic students. Also there is no difference between educational performance level of athletic and non Athletic students. Meanwhile there is no difference between mental hygiene level of athletic and non- athletic students.