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Moderators of the Exercise/Feeling‐State Relationship: The Influence of Self‐Efficacy, Baseline, and In‐Task Feeling States at Moderate‐ and High‐Intensity Exercise
Author(s) -
Blanchard Chris M.,
Rodgers Wendy M.,
Courneya Kerry S.,
Spence John C.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb01442.x
Subject(s) - feeling , psychology , task (project management) , exercise intensity , physical therapy , social psychology , heart rate , medicine , management , blood pressure , economics
The present study examined the moderating influence of self‐efficacy, baseline feeling states, and in‐task feeling states on exercise‐related feeling‐state changes at moderate‐ and high‐intensity exercise. Physically active females ( N = 60) participated in 1 of 5 conditions: (a) attention control for 30 min, (b) exercise at 50% heart rate reserve (HRR) for 15 min, (c) exercise at 50% HRR for 30 min, (d) exercise at 85% HRR for 15 min, and (e) exercise at 85% HRR for 30 min. The Exercise‐Induced Feeling Inventory (EFI; Gauvin & Rejeski, 1993) was completed pre‐, during, and post‐exercise, while self‐efficacy was completed pre‐exercise. Multilevel modeling (Bryk & Raudenbaush, 1992) revealed that pre‐exercise self‐efficacy and in‐task tranquility moderated the change in tranquility for high‐intensity exercise. Furthermore, baseline feeling states moderated the change in all 4 feeling states. It is recommended that baseline and in‐task feeling states and self‐efficacy be considered when examining high‐intensity exercise.