Correlational Analysis between Mental Health and Psychomotor Performance amidst Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Psychomotor performance among basic physical education students  is a crucial aspect that needs to be addressed amidst COVID-19  pandemic. The disruptions, changes and consequences given by this  pandemic had caused students' mental or psychological state to be  disturbed which in turn, affects psychomotor performance among  basic physical education collegiate students. Amidst the pandemic,  there is an increased interest on how mental health problems  among collegiate students were being affected due to sudden  changes in the perspective of clinical field, surgeons and athletes.  What remains to be explored, however, is how students' mental  health was affected by this pandemic which in turn influence their  psychomotor performance in the field of physical education.  Moreover, the direct effect of mental health problem to psychomotor  performance is yet to be explored. To address this gap, this study  examined the relationship between mental health and students'  psychomotor performance. Quantitative approach, specifically  correlational analysis, was used to analyze data from 500  respondents coming from one of the Universities of Mindanao  Philippines who were enrolled  in basic Physical Education subject.  Bivariate regression analysis assessed the relationship between  mental health and psychomotor performance. It was found that the  unstandardized beta coefficients between mental health in terms of  psychological distress, major depression and generalized anxiety  and psychomotor performance with the p-value of 0.000, 0.000 and  0.002 respectively were statistically significant, which means that  mental health problems had significant direct effect on psychomotor  performance. Therefore, this study had found that mental h 1th  problems directly influence psychomotor performance of basic physical education students.