A Comparative Study of Depression Level among Male Athletic Students Engaged in Individual and Team Sports Versus Male Non-Athletic Students of Schools from the Second Board of Education in Karaj, Iran

The present study is aimed at comparing the level of depression among male athletic versus non-athletic students of schools form the second Board of Education in Karaj, Iran. 40 male athletic students engaged in individual sports, 40 male athletic students engaged in team sports, and 80 male non-athletic students of the schools were involved in the study. The Aaron Beck Depression Inventory (1961) was used to collect the data. The results show that depression among non-athletic students is much more frequent than in athletic students. The research concludes that being engaged in sport activities and physical exercises regularly may relieve depression, or at least, make it controllable.