Comprative study of stress and psychological health of athleles and athletes staff and faculties at the Azad universities

This research is analyses of the effect of sport on stress of the personnel at the Azad universities of district 3of the country. The necessary data of this research has been garnered by means of two questionnaires entitled: personal stress (PSI) and personal features. The samples include 905 individuals from among the personnel. The results showed that, Athletic personnel's stress in physical, behavioral, cognitive and emotional responses was less than non- athletic. A distinguished difference is observed among those who exercised once, twice and thrice or more in a week. The more exercises, the lessened stress. So that In studying the stress of the personnel who exercised different times, by increasing duration in each session, stress showed decrease in personnel. But this difference was significant in personnel physical responses, between 15 and 90 minutes. The stress of those of those personnel who experienced more in athletic activities was less in physical, cognitive and emotional responses. Athlete Personnel's stress that had record of champion was more than those personnel having no record were, but there were insignificant differences in each. The results of this study showed that physical exercise and sport is useful and helpful way in stress management and reduces nervous pressure and should personnel and organization managers take more into account. But duration, intensity and repetition are important variables.