Affective status in relation to impulsive, motor and motivational symptoms: Personality, development and physical exercise

Abstract

The contributions of impulsive and risk-taking behaviour in depressive and bipolar disorders, motivational and motor behaviours in anhedonic and substance addictive states, and the factors, particularly distress and trauma, underlying the development of neuropathology in affective status are described from clinical, epidemiological and laboratory perspectives. In order to distinguish one case factor for biopsychological substrates of health, an array of self-reported characteristics, e.g., positive or negative affect, stress or energy, optimism, etc., that may be predictive or counterpredictive for the propensity for physical exercise and activity were analysed using a linear regression in twelve different studies. Several individual characteristics were found to be markedly and significantly predictive of the exercise propensity, i.e., positive affect, energy, health-seeking behaviour and character, while optimism was of lesser, though significant, importance. Several individual characteristics were found to be significantly counterpredictive: expression of BDI- and HAD-depression, major sleep problems and lack/negligence of health-seeking behaviour. The consequences of physical activity and exercise for both affective well-being, cognitive mobility and neurogenesis is noted, particularly with regard to developmental assets for younger individuals. Affective disorder states may be studied through analyses of personal characteristics that unfold predispositions for symptoms-profiles and biomarkers derived from properties of dysfunction, such as impulsiveness, temperament dimensions, anhedonia and 'over-sensitivity', whether interpersonal or to reward.

Cultural influences upon health, affect, self-esteem and impulsiveness: An Indonesian-Swedish comparison

“…Palomo et al, 2008a). Participants respond to statements on a 4-point scale, "Never" -"Sometimes" -"Often" -"Always", whereby 16 out of the 25 items express impulsiveness, such as "I do things without consideration", or "I act impulsively", and, conversely, 9 out of 16 items express non-impulsiveness, such as "I have good self-control", or "I plan for the future".…”

Emotional Well-Being in Anorexia Nervosa: Negative Affect, Sleeping Problems, Use of Mood-enhancing Drugs and Exercise Frequency

“…Taken together, this constellation of harbingers of ill-health implies that, at least in this group of AN patients, the habit of frequently exercising is associated to some degree of comorbidity. In other words, the presence of higher exercise levels is normally linked to health, well-being and positive affect [33,35], however, in the present circumstances it may be likely that elevated exercise contributes an element of 'behavior pathology' to the comorbidity of AN. For instance, the Swedish expression, "well-behaved girl" ("duktig flicka" in Swedish), that the patients used to describe themselves, implies that these individuals probably hid much of their emotional upheaval and problems from their social environment.…”

“…Background variables, such as age, years of education, smoking and drinking habits, pain, use of mood-enhancing drugs and analgesics, and frequency and duration of exercise, etc, were completed according to the description and procedure outlined in [33].…”

Sense of Humor and General Life Satisfaction in Association with the Biological Effects of Resistance Training in People with Impaired Glucose Tolerance

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