title: Evaluation of a motivational pre-exercise music intervention.
abstract: While music has been found to motivate exercisers during workouts, its potential as a pre-exercise motivator has rarely been investigated. This study evaluated a self-selected, pre-exercise music intervention against implementation intentions (writing down 'if … then …' sentences relating to overcoming barriers) and a control condition. A total of 50 participants ( Mage= 43) took part in a longitudinal, randomised, between-participants study, from 99 recruited. For both interventions, participants had significantly more success meeting self-set exercise goals than the control group, and the music group exercised significantly more frequently than the control group. There was support for music as a comparable intervention to implementation intentions.
authors: 1 Kingston University and St. George's University of London, UK.
authors: Rachel
authors: R
authors: Hallett
authors: 2 Keele University, UK.
authors: Alexandra
authors: A
authors: Lamont
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology*; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
keywords: adherence; affect; exercise behaviour; interventions; strategies