Abstract
Physical education and sports are a central category that has a special place in every society and its role in the flourishing of different talents of people and subsequently strengthening and increasing the physical and mental capacities of people is undeniable. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the role of sports centers in the mental health and moral behavior of students in Kermanshah. This research is applied and descriptive-analytical. Therefore, 225 male and female students of the first secondary level were selected as the research sample by simple random sampling. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with 10 questions of the Goldberg mental health standard, including 28 questions, and a researcher-made moral behavior questionnaire with 12 questions, which measured the variables in the form of a 5-point Likert scale. Also, to analyze the questionnaire data, the standard linear regression test was used and all steps were analyzed using SPSS26 software. The findings of the research showed that the significance level obtained between the role of focal sports and mental health and moral behavior is less than the statistical value of 0.05, therefore, according to this statistical value, there is a significant relationship between the role of focal sports and mental health and moral behavior. And the variable role of focal exercise has a significant effect on mental health and moral behavior. Also, according to the research on the importance of the independent variable and its role in the regression model of the research, the value of the standardized beta coefficients has been obtained as 0.76 and 0.69, respectively, that is, the variable of the role of the sports center is 0.78 and 0.69 percent, respectively. It has the ability to predict the variance of mental health and moral behavior of students in Kermanshah. Therefore, it can be said that paying attention to sports centers in education will be very important in relation to mental health and behavioral ethics and will keep students away from social problems.