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.
Publication Name: Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0895-2779
Year: 2000
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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.
Publication Name: Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0895-2779
Year: 2005
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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.
Publication Name: Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0895-2779
Year: 1999
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- Abstracts: Changes in resting metabolic rate and substrate oxidation after 16 months of exercise training in overweight adults
- Abstracts: Energy and nutrient status of amenorrheic athletes participating in a diet and exercise training intervention program
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