title: Acute affective responses to prescribed and self-selected exercise intensities in young adolescent boys and girls.
abstract: This study examined the patterning of acute affective responses to prescribed and self-selected exercise intensities in a young adolescent population. Twenty-two young adolescents (13.3 +/- .33 years) completed a maximal exercise test to identify ventilatory threshold (VT). Participants then completed two prescribed intensities (one set above and one below the VT) and a self-selected intensity. Pre-, during, and postexercise affective valence was measured. Results revealed that during exercise, affective valence assessed by the Feeling Scale (FS) remained positive in the self-selected and low-intensity conditions but declined in the high-intensity condition. Postexercise FS responses rebounded to preexercise levels, eradicating divergent trends that occurred during exercise.
authors.affiliation: School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Kate E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Sheppard
authors.forename: Gaynor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parfitt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect; D000367:Age Factors; D037001:Directive Counseling; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D013997:Time Factors