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Effects of abstinence from habitual involvement in regular exercise on feeling states: An ecological momentary assessment study
Author(s) -
Hausenblas Heather A.,
Gauvin Lise,
Downs Danielle Symons,
Duley Aaron R.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
british journal of health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 2044-8287
pISSN - 1359-107X
DOI - 10.1348/135910707x180378
Subject(s) - feeling , psychology , abstinence , aerobic exercise , physical exercise , physical therapy , clinical psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology
Regular exercise was experimentally reduced to determine its effects on positive feeling states. Using ecological momentary assessments, 40 participants maintained their regular exercise routine on 3 days and were deprived of their scheduled exercise on 3 other days. They recorded their feeling states, using the Exercise‐Induced Feeling Inventory, four times daily as well as prior to and following exercise. Multi‐level modelling analyses controlling for diurnal variations in feeling states revealed that positive feeling states were elevated on days when exercise deprivation occurred compared with non‐exercise days and when no deprivation manipulation occurred. People with lower exercise dependence symptoms felt better on days when they were deprived from exercise compared with non‐exercise days, whereas people with higher exercise dependence symptoms felt about the same when they were deprived from exercise compared with non‐exercise days. These findings demonstrate that positive feeling states occur following an acute bout of exercise and that exercise deprivation had a positive impact on feeling states, with the level of exercise dependence symptoms moderating this effect.