Mood state changes of students enrolled in physical activity classes.
74 students enrolled in physical activity classes completed the happiness and sadness scales of the Emotional Assessment Scale each week for the 7-week course. A repeated measures analysis of variance indicated no significant change in mean mood state scores. Subjects' scores remained fairly happy throughout the length of the course, women having significantly happier scores than men.
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University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls 50614-0241, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D013177:Sports / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires