A Prospective Study of Relation between Academic & Exercise Stress, Quality of Life and Mibyeong in the College Students Majoring Physical Education

The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between academic and exercise stress, quality of life (QoL), various biomarker and mibyeong in college students majoring in physical education. 103 college students majoring in physical education was divided to 63 athletic student and 40 non-athletic student group. Subjects was measured academic and exercise stress, QoL, mibyeong score and various biomarkers by three times at 12-week intervals. In athletic student group, factor that showed a significant correlation with mibyeong were exercise stress about the game and athletic ability, and a decline in QoL about physical functioning, role physical, role emotional. Otherwise in non-athletic student group, factor that showed a significant correlation with mibyeong were academic stress about emotional exhaustion and lack of professional efficacy, and a decline in QoL about role emotional. There was no biomarker that showed a significant correlation with mibyeong in both athletic and non-athletic student group. Academic & exercise stress, QoL factors related to mibyeong in college students majoring in physical education were identified, however biomarkers need to be discovered through further investigation.