Mental Well-Being of Personnel in the Physical Education Sector: Is Perceived Stress a Critical Factor?

This study highlighted how health crises influence the mental health of human beings. COVID-19 increases the health crises and brings various emotional effects such as fear, stress, anxiety, and loneliness. In this study, we find out how fear of COVID-19 affects loneliness and perceived stress, which in turn reduces mental well-being. This study also highlighted the moderating role of anxiety. This cross-sectional study uses a quantitative research design for the collection of data from the trainers who served in physical education training institutes in China. Respondents were chosen using simple random sampling techniques. We applied statistical techniques including correlation, partial least squares structural equation modeling, and bootstrapping approach for analysis. The outcomes of statistical analysis confirmed the prediction of fear of COVID-19 for the feelings of loneliness and perceived stress. Furthermore, the findings confirmed that fear of COVID-19 significantly predicted that the mental well-being of trainers is mediated by perceived stress. Finally, the findings revealed that anxiety plays a strengthening role in these connections. The findings suggested that increasing levels of health crisis caused psychological disturbance. These psychological effects reduce the mental health of the individuals in destructive ways.