Changes in scores on the profile of mood states following a single bout of physical activity: heart rate and changes in affect.
28 college age students participating in a weight lifting class exhibited significant decreases in negative affect and increases in positive affect. Changes in affect were correlated with average exercise heart rates. Higher heart rates were correlated with reductions in negative affect and increases in positive affect. Correlations of .37 and .40 suggest that, in accordance with earlier studies, exercise intensity may be indirectly related to exercise.
McGowan
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Health and Sport Science Department, University of Richmond, VA 23173, USA. MCGOWAN@URVAX.URICH.EDU
Talton
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Thompson
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D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D014891:Weight Lifting / Q000523:psychology