Effects of abstinence from habitual involvement in regular exercise on feeling states: an ecological momentary assessment study.
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.
Hausenblas
Heather A
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Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. heatherh@hhp.ufl.edu
Gauvin
Lise
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Symons Downs
Danielle
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Duley
Aaron R
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D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D004777:Environment; D015444:Exercise; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires