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The purpose of this study is to examine the effects on mental health according to aqua exercise of middle aged-women with physical confidence. To attain these purpose, the subjects for data were 343 middle aged-women, selected by using the random cluster sampling, among the aged 45 above who attend the public welfare center and swimming pool in seoul and In-chon. The tool for survey study was used "physical confidence scale" which developed Ryckman etc.(1982) translated by Yoo(1999), and "mental health scale" which used by Kim(1998). The statistical methods utilized in the study for analyzing the collected data were factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlate analysis and multiple regression analysis using statistical package of SPSS 15.0 and AMOS 7.0. The results obtained through the above analyses are as the following. Firstly, physical confidence by aqua exercise of middle aged-women correlated mental health. Secondly, physical confidence by aqua exercise of middle aged-women statistically and significantly influences mental health.