The Effects of Exercise and Music Combination on Sports Anxiety, Exercise Beliefs, Coping Effectiveness, and Mental Toughness Among Chinese Sports Anxiety College Students

The Effects of Exercise and Music Combination on Sports Anxiety, Exercise Beliefs, Coping Effectiveness, and Mental Toughness Among Chinese Sports Anxiety College Students

The basic information collected in this study is based on demographic variables, including information such as class, gender, and age. In order to ensure the uniqueness of the participants and the consistency of the data before, during, and after the questionnaire, this study used the last six digits of the participant's student IDs for data collection. During the data collection phase, there was no phenomenon of the last six digits of the student ID being the same. This method ensured the correlation between the data before, during, and after the experiment, while protecting the privacy of the participants.

1. Experiment procedure In phase 2, this study recruited a total of 238 college students who volunteered to participate in this study. After screening according to the exclusion criteria, this study selected 108 eligible participants. This study included these 108 participants in the experiment of this study and randomly divided them into two groups, one for the experimental group and the other for the control group. In order to facilitate communication between the two groups of participants, this study created two WeChat groups, one for the experimental group and the other for the control group.

1.1 Experimental group: This study held a group meeting before the formal experiment to guide all participants in advance and describe the entire experimental process in detail to them. Students who had questions were given a unified and detailed explanation. Each participant received an instruction manual and a sports smart bracelet. During the experimental stage, the researcher would remind the participants on time to conduct the music and jogging experiment. The participants were required to participate in the experiment according to the contents of the instruction manual and upload each experimental participation content in the form of video or photos to the online information collection link posted by the participants. before experiment, 4 weeks, 8 weeks and 12 weeks，this study required participants to fill out the questionnaire four times.

1.2 Control group: At the same time as the experimental group, a booklet about music and exercise was distributed to the participants. The control group and the experimental group had the same time to fill in the questionnaire. The control group was asked to fill in the first questionnaire before the experiment. After 4 weeks, the control group was asked to fill in the second questionnaire. After 8 weeks, the control group was asked to fill in the third questionnaire. After 12 weeks, the control group was asked to fill in the fourth questionnaire。After the study completed, the control group was also provided with the music and jogging materials for their reference. So that they received the same benefit as the experimental group.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. College students aged 18-24 years old;
2. Male and female,
3. Be in good health and free from major illness, measured by Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q).;
4. The group of Chinese college students' sports anxiety was screened according to the Chinese version of Physical Education and Sport Anxiety State (PESAS).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. College students who are not of Chinese nationality.
2. College students who are unwilling to participate in the experiment phase. College students who have any sports-related injuries.