Los beneficios del afecto y las emociones positivas en la salud de personas que realizan actividad física

Abstract

The research work consists in describing the importance of physical activity and its impact on the positive emotions of the human being by also taking into consideration the physiological and psychological benefits of this practice. Thus, it is intended to demonstrate that physical activity has effects on people's mental health and being able to influence the awareness of benefits such as increased self-esteem, self-love and positive emotions. This will influence people's context, improve social skills, personal and family relationships, resulting in an improvement in the quality of life. The review of scientific articles was used as a methodology, contrasting information with the approach of three cases of people performing physical activity on a regular basis and analyzing the results they mentioned to have had in their interviews we find: improving physical and mental health, increasing os self-esteem, improving coping tools and problem-solving strategies, as well as a remarkable improvement in interpersonal relationships in the family, labor and social context. also generating an intrinsic motivation that will create habits to maintain positive emotions and proactive development in its context. The usefulness of this study could be applied in different contexts, like business, academic and familiar, because the benefit is global and not aimed at a single age group. Studies like this would provide information that will improve people's quality of life and development in their social and emotional context.