Physical Fitness and Mental Health in Baghitalah university s employees

Sport and physical activity is an important aspect of general health that individuals are involved in their personal responsibility to establish high level of health and welfare. A long-term result of sport is physical fitness. Physical fitness is proportional condition of body readiness that cause to a person adapted himself with body duties and could to do them efficiently without any fatigue as to remain some of body energy to use in free time. The aim of this research was to study the relationship between Physical Fitness and Mental Health in Bagiyatallah university s workers to study the relationship between Physical Fitness and Mental Health in Bagiyatallah university s workers، 326 participants (213 male and 113 female) performed physical fitness tests and SCL 90-R Questionaire. There was significant relationship (p <0/05) between physical fitness and mental health. flexibility scale explained many portion (0/0 13/5) of mental health variance (specially somatization، obsessive-compulsive، depression، anxiety and hostility). Results of this research sugggest that it must pay more attention to sport graduates and increasing employee s physical fitness، so this procedure will help to increasing mental health.