title: Prevalence and correlates of exercise motivated by negative affect.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of exercising in response to negative affect.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants (N = 177) completed questionnaires assessing affect before and after exercise, exercise quality and quantity, eating behaviors and attitudes, body image, and self-esteem.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-eight percent of participants endorsed ever exercising in response to negative affect. As a group, these individuals were more likely to report self-induced vomiting, binge eating, and fasting over the previous 4 weeks. They also showed poorer body image and self-esteem, and their exercise was more obligatory and impairing. Groups did not differ on body mass index or quantity of exercise.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Negative affect motivated exercise appears to be a common phenomenon that is associated with eating disordered behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA. kd897738@albany.edu
authors.forename: Kyle P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: De Young
authors.forename: Drew A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D001828:Body Image; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult