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Throwing the mountains into the lakes: on the perils of nomothetic conceptions of the exercise-affect relationship

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This article investigates the belief that moderate exercise causes positive changes in mood and affect. A psychological assessment of affect before and after a session of moderately intense cycling revealed that approximately half of the participants experienced an improvement in affect while the others experienced affect deterioration.

Author: Landuyt, Lisa M. van, Ekkekakis, Panteleimon, Hall, Eric E., Petruzzello, Steven J.
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0895-2779
Year: 2000
Usage, Affect (Psychology), Ergometry

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Some like it vigorous: Measuring individual differences in the preference for and tolerance of exercise intensity

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Studies were conducted to develop a self-report measure of individual differences in the preference for and tolerance of exercise intensity. The report results helped to tailor exercise prescriptions as per characteristics of each individual within the range of intensity that is both effective and safe, thus reducing dropout from exercise and improving health.

Author: Ekkekakis, Panteleimon, Hall, Eric E., Petruzzello, Steven J.
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0895-2779
Year: 2005
Science & research, Health aspects

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Measuring state anxiety in the context of acute exercise using the State Anxiety Inventory: an attempt to resolve the brouhaha

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Studies show that the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (SAI) is an inadequate method for assessing state anxiety in the acute exercise context. Reasons include SAI's failure to distinguish anxiety-antecedent appraisals from exercise-induced increases in activation.

Author: Ekkekakis, Panteleimon, Hall, Eric E., Petruzzello, Steven J.
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0895-2779
Year: 1999
Physiological aspects, Anxiety

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Subjects list: Psychological aspects, Statistical Data Included, Research, United States, Exercise, Individual differences, Individual differences (Psychology)
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