en <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#0e101a">Aims:</span></span></b><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#0e101a">&nbsp;Adequate physical activity and mobility positively affect the mental health of people, especially people with special needs. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of sports activities on cognitive emotion regulation strategies, perceived psychological stress, and psychological hardiness of veterans and the disabled.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#0e101a">Instrument & Methods:</span></span></b><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#0e101a">&nbsp;This descriptive study was conducted in 2021 on veterans and the disabled in Yazd, Iran. the number of 100 people (50 athletes and 50 non-athletes) selected by the convenience sampling method. The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Ahvaz Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire examined research variables. Data were analyzed using the analysis of variance test through SPSS 25 software with the one-way ANOVA.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#0e101a">Findings:</span></span></b><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#0e101a">&nbsp;There was a significant relationship between the perceived physiological stress, uncompromising emotion regulation strategies, and psychological hardiness in athletes and non-athletes&rsquo; veterans and disabled (p&le;0.05). There was no significant difference in adapted emotion regulation strategies between the two groups (p>0.05).</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#0e101a">Conclusion:</span></span></b> <span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#0e101a">The results showed lower scores in perceived stress and uncompromising strategies of emotion regulation and a higher score of psychological hardiness in athletes&rsquo; veterans and disabled</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#0e101a"></span></span></b></span></span></span> Mental Aspects,Veterans and Disabled,Athletes, 43 49 http://ijwph.daneshafarand.org/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1866-1&slc_lang=en&sid=3 H. Samadi 1003194753284600378333 0000000210733393 Yes Department of Physical Education and Sports Sci¬ence, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran J. Moradi 1003194753284600378332 0000000210016685 No Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Arak University, Arak, Iran H. Karimi 1003194753284600378331 0000000286325142 No Department of Educational Science, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran