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A Preliminary Investigation Into the Use of the Emotional Contagion Effect in the Exercise Environment

Author(s) -

David Elliott,

Lucy Charlton

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

comprehensive psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2165-2228

DOI - 10.1177/2165222816634038

Subject(s) - multivariate analysis of variance , psychology , aerobic exercise , session (web analytics) , test (biology) , main effect , control (management) , analysis of variance , cognitive psychology , applied psychology , clinical psychology , physical therapy , medicine , computer science , paleontology , machine learning , artificial intelligence , world wide web , biology

Based upon the theory of Emotional Contagion, the purpose of this investigation was to examine whether the use of positively-charged imagery could create a more positive exercise experience. Participants were randomly allocated into one of three test conditions (‘neutral’, ‘happy’ and control) whereupon they performed two step-aerobic sessions; baseline/familiarisation and experimental. Upon completion of the trials various exercise related, psychological measures were taken (Session RPE, FS, Enjoyment and Subjective Exercise Experience). A 3 × 2 Factorial MANOVA was used to assess for main effects and between condition interactions. There was no evidence of any effect for any of the DVs. ES data appeared to support this conclusion. Numerous recommendations are made to direct future research into this area.

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