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Authors: Hausenblas, Heather A.¹; Gauvin, Lise²; Symons Downs, Danielle³; Duley, Aaron R.¹

Source: British Journal of Health Psychology, Volume 13, Number 2, May 2008 , pp. 237-255(19)

Publisher: British Psychological Society

Abstract:

Regular exercise was experimentally reduced to determine its effects on positive feeling states. Using ecological momentary assessments, 40 participants maintained their regular exercise routine on 3 days and were deprived of their scheduled exercise on 3 other days. They recorded their feeling states, using the Exercise-Induced Feeling Inventory, four times daily as well as prior to and following exercise. Multi-level modelling analyses controlling for diurnal variations in feeling states revealed that positive feeling states were elevated on days when exercise deprivation occurred compared with non-exercise days and when no deprivation manipulation occurred. People with lower exercise dependence symptoms felt better on days when they were deprived from exercise compared with non-exercise days, whereas people with higher exercise dependence symptoms felt about the same when they were deprived from exercise compared with non-exercise days. These findings demonstrate that positive feeling states occur following an acute bout of exercise and that exercise deprivation had a positive impact on feeling states, with the level of exercise dependence symptoms moderating this effect.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1348/135910707X180378

Affiliations: 1: University of Florida, USA 2: University of Montreal, Canada 3: The Pennsylvania State University, USA

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Effects of abstinence from habitual involvement in regular exercise on feeling states: An ecological momentary assessment study