Effect of aerobic exercise on negative affect, positive affect, stress, and depression.
Three groups of subjects, 15 Longer-term Exercisers, 14 Short-term Exercisers, and 18 Nonexercisers completed questionnaires designed to measure negative affect associated with thoughts, negative affect associated with day-to-day experiences, positive affect associated with thoughts, and positive affect associated with day-to-day experiences, depression, and stress. All the subjects also provided a rating of their over-all general stress. The Longer-term Exercisers reported more positive affect associated with their thoughts and day-to-day experiences than the Nonexercisers. There also was a trend for the Longer-term Exercisers to report less over-all stress than the Nonexercisers.
Dua
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Department of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
Hargreaves
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001143:Arousal; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory