The relationships between exercise and affective states: a naturalistic, longitudinal study of recreational runners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although people generally feel more positive and more energetic in the aftermath of exercise than before, longitudinal research on how exercise relates to within-person fluctuations in affect over the course of everyday life is still relatively limited. One constraint on doing such research is the need to provide participants with accelerometers to objectively record their exercise, and pagers to capture affective reports.

Aims

We aimed to develop a methodology for studying affect and exercise using only technology that participants already possess, namely GPS running watches and smartphones. Using this methodology, we aimed to characterize within-individual fluctuations in affective valence and arousal in relation to bouts of exercise, and explore possible modera

SUBMITTER: Bonham T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5768171 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature