Affective responses to and automatic affective valuations of physical activity: Fifty years of progress on the seminal question in exercise psychology

Ekkekakis, Panteleimon; Brand, Ralf

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.12.018

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“…These findings outline the important role of temporal aspects of affective states on psychophysiological responses in sport competition. Further, they extend previous research highlighting the connection between anticipated, experienced, and recalled affect observed in exercise settings 11 . The present study also lends support to psychophysiological models of pacing and endurance performance 28,40 .…”

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Temporal aspects of affective states, physiological responses, and perceived exertion in competitive cycling time trials

Davis

Stenling

2020

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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Athletes’ affective states can vary dramatically before, during, and after competition. Further, intense affect is associated with physiological responses that may amplify biological reactions manifested from the execution of physical tasks underlying performance. Fluctuations in perceptual cues (eg, perceived exertion) and physiological responses (eg, blood lactate, heart rate) can influence performance and vary dramatically in relation to competition. However, the pattern of these fluctuations and potential associations between perceptual cues and biological responses may also diverge during task execution with differential implications for performance. Data collected from highly trained athletes (N = 25; Mage = 25.4) during a competition (ie, maximum total distance) comprised of three 7‐minute cycling time trials and were analyzed with longitudinal multilevel modeling. Results showed that affective states were negatively associated with perceived exertion at the within‐person level and negatively associated with heart rate at the between‐person level within each trial. Blood lactate and heart rate were positively associated at the between‐person level, whereas heart rate was positively associated with perceived exertion at the within‐person level. The anticipation of more pleasurable affective states predicted less decline in affective states, but not physiological responses, during each trial. Anticipated affective states prior to each trial were also associated with affective states upon its completion. These findings suggest associations among perceptual cues and physiological responses may differ depending on the level of analysis (between‐ vs. within‐person level associations), and anticipated affective states prior to performance may influence affective states during and after task execution.

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Temporal aspects of affective states, physiological responses, and perceived exertion in competitive cycling time trials

Davis

Stenling

2020

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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“…Actually, there are nuances with respect to how people feel with a single bout of exercise. While research findings on the acute effects on SWB and mood are often difficult to interpret, the evidence on the effects on core affect is very clear (Ekkekakis and Brand, 2019). During exercise, intensity is a moderating variable of eventual "feel better" effects.…”

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When Pandemic Hits: Exercise Frequency and Subjective Well-Being During COVID-19 Pandemic

2020

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The governmental lockdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic have forced people to change their behavior in many ways including changes in exercise. We used the brief window of global lockdown in the months of March/April/May 2020 as an opportunity to investigate the effects of externally imposed restrictions on exercise-related routines and related changes in subjective well-being. Statistical analyses are based on data from 13,696 respondents in 18 countries using a cross-sectional online survey. A mixed effects modeling approach was used to analyze data. We tested whether exercise frequency before and during the pandemic would influence mood during the pandemic. Additionally, we used the COVID-19 pandemic data to build a prediction model, while controlling for national differences, to estimate changes in exercise frequency during similar future lockdown conditions depending on prelockdown exercise frequency. According to the prediction model, those who rarely exercise before a lockdown tend to increase their exercise frequency during it, and those who are frequent exercisers before a lockdown tend to maintain it. With regards to subjective well-being, the data show that those who exercised almost every day during this pandemic had the best mood, regardless of whether or not they exercised prepandemic. Those who were inactive prepandemic and slightly increased their exercise frequency during the pandemic, reported no change in mood compared to those who remained inactive during the pandemic. Those who reduced their exercise frequency during the pandemic reported worse mood compared to those who maintained or increased their prepandemic exercise frequency. This study suggests that under similar lockdown conditions, about two thirds of those who never or rarely exercise before a lockdown might adopt an exercise behavior or increase their exercise frequency. However, such changes do not always immediately result in improvement in subjective well-being. These results may inform national policies, as well as health behavior and exercise psychology research on the importance of exercise promotion, and prediction of changes in exercise behavior during future pandemics.

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“…Although modest, the association of aerobic capacity with positive mental well-being was not attenuated when physical activity was included in the model. Although the association between physical activity and positive affect has been well demonstrated [25], studies have predominantly assessed short-term effects of physical activity on positive affect (e.g. after exercise interventions).…”

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Associations of physical performance and physical activity with mental well-being in middle-aged women

Bondarev

Sipilä

Finni

et al. 2020

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Purpose To investigate the associations of physical performance with positive and negative dimensions of mental well-being in middle-aged women and to explore the role of physical activity (PA) in these associations. Methods Women aged 47–55 (n = 909) participated in measurements of physical performance (handgrip force, knee extension force, vertical jumping height, maximal walking speed, and six-minute walking distance). Both mental well-being (the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, the International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Short Form and the Satisfaction with Life Scale) and PA were self-reported. Associations between variables were analysed using multivariate linear regression modelling adjusted for body height, fat mass, menopausal status and symptoms, marital status, parity, employment status, self-reported mental disorders, and use of psycholeptics and psychoanaleptics. PA was then entered into a separate model to explore its role in the associations. Results In the adjusted models, significant positive associations of six-minute walking distance with positive affectivity (B = 0.12, p = 0.002) and life satisfaction (B = 0.15, p = 0.033) were observed. No significant associations were observed between physical performance and depressive symptoms or negative affectivity. PA was positively associated with positive affectivity and life satisfaction and negatively with depressive symptoms across all the physical performance predictors. Conclusion Of the physical performance measures, six-minute walking distance was associated with positive mental well-being independently of PA level. In addition to PA, aerobic component of physical performance is especially beneficial for positive mental well-being in middle-aged women.

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Affective responses to and automatic affective valuations of physical activity: Fifty years of progress on the seminal question in exercise psychology

Cited by 98 publications

References 56 publications

Temporal aspects of affective states, physiological responses, and perceived exertion in competitive cycling time trials

Temporal aspects of affective states, physiological responses, and perceived exertion in competitive cycling time trials

When Pandemic Hits: Exercise Frequency and Subjective Well-Being During COVID-19 Pandemic

Associations of physical performance and physical activity with mental well-being in middle-aged women

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