en روانشناسی ورزشی و شاخه‌های وابسته بدان Sport Psychology and its Related Branches مقاله اصیل Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background. </strong>The COVID-19 outbreak in 2019 has hit people hard.<br> <strong>Objectives. </strong>This study explored the impact of college students using Keep Application to exercise on their mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown.<br> <strong>Methods. </strong>Sixty college students who met the experimental criteria were recruited online for a 6-week intervention via the Keep APP. Mental health status was assessed by measuring the symptom self-rating scale (SCL-90) scores before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed using a paired-sample t-test that conformed to a normal distribution.<br> <strong>Results. </strong>Three hundred sixty students participated in the screening, and 60 (22 male and 38 female) met the criteria for the experiment. The prevalence of COVID-19 infection among the participating students was 76.7%. The paired samples t-test showed a statistically significant difference in SCL-90 total scores (t=10.733, p=0.021). The average difference between total scores was 31.75, and the 95%CI was [0.204, 0.448], among which somatization (P=0.002), obsessive-compulsive symptoms (P=0.005), anxiety (P=0.011), and phobia (P=0.043), the factor difference is significant. There were no significant differences in factors such as sensitivity, depression, hostility, paranoia, and psychosis.<br> <strong>Conclusion.</strong> This study verified that using Keep APP during the COVID-19 outbreak helped improve students with mental health problems. This has important implications for coping with mental health problems during outbreaks and the creative use of sports APPs.</div> Mental Health, Keep Application, College Students, Depression, Anxiety 0 0 http://aassjournal.com/browse.php?a_code=A-11-2012-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Chao Mengyao gs59566@student.upm.edu.my 100319475328460015262 100319475328460015262 No Department of Sport Studies, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Serdang 43400 Selangor, Malaysia Roxana Dev Omar Der rdod@upm.edu.my 100319475328460015263 100319475328460015263 Yes Department of Sport Studies, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Serdang 43400 Selangor, Malaysia Tengku Fadilah Tengku Kamalden tengku.fadilah@gmail.com 100319475328460015264 100319475328460015264 No National Sports Institute (ISN), National Sports Complex. Bukit Jalil 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Maizatul Mardiana Binti Harun maizatul.harun@upm.edu.my 100319475328460015265 100319475328460015265 No Counselling and Guidance, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Serdang 43400 Selangor, Malaysia Liu Xiaoxiao gs64059@student.upm.edu.my 100319475328460015266 0009-0000-9403-7020 No Department of Sport Studies, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Serdang 43400 Selangor, Malaysia