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Associations of objectively measured physical activity with daily mood ratings and psychophysiological stress responses in women
Author(s) -
Poole Lydia,
Steptoe Andrew,
Wawrzyniak Andrew J.,
Bostock Sophie,
Mitchell Ellen S.,
Hamer Mark
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01184.x
Subject(s) - mood , psychology , physical activity , clinical psychology , perceived stress scale , rating scale , profile of mood states , body mass index , stress (linguistics) , developmental psychology , physical therapy , medicine , linguistics , philosophy
The aim of this study was to examine associations of objectively measured physical activity with daily mood ratings and psychophysiological stress responses. We recruited 40 healthy females (aged 28.7 ± 6.1 yrs) who completed a once‐a‐day mood rating scale for 7 days, along with a 7‐day assessment of physical activity using accelerometers and psychophysiological stress testing. The findings suggest that levels of physical activity as measured using an accelerometer are associated with both depressive symptoms over the past 2 weeks (CES‐D) ( r =−.33, p =.038) and with daily positive emotional style ( r= .49, p =.001). The relationship between physical activity and positive emotional style remained after controlling for age, body mass index, and negative emotional style ( t =3.31, p =.002). Physical activity was not related to any psychophysiological stress responses.