Concurrent and lagged relations between momentary affect and sedentary behavior in middle-aged women

Abstract

Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the reciprocal relationship between sedentary behavior (SB) and momentary affect in the context of daily experiences. Methods Community-dwelling midlife women (N = 121; age range 40-60 years) were recruited for a 15-day daily diary study. The women rated their positive and negative affect when prompted on a personal digital assistant device four times per day and wore an accelerometer for objective assessment of SB. Multilevel models were estimated to test concurrent and lagged associations between momentary estimates of SB and affect. Results In models that controlled for day of week, number of hot flashes, and total minutes of accelerometer wear time, greater concurrent positive affect was associated with fewer minutes spent being sedentary (β = −.31, p < .01). Neither lagged positive nor negative affect predicted later SB, however, more sedentary minutes predicted lower positive affect at the next occasion (β = −.04, p < .01). Conclusions These results suggest that SB has negative affective consequences from moment to moment. The implications of reduced positive affect following prolonged bouts of SB for subsequent motivational, behavioral, or wellbeing outcomes remain to be determined.

Sedentary behavior in everyday life relates negatively to mood: An ambulatory assessment study

“…Our additional, exploratory analyses that compared various time frames revealed a stable effect on valence over time, supporting the robustness of our findings. This finding is in line with Elavsky and researchers, who showed that momentary sedentary behavior in real life leads to decreased positive affect, and Endrighi et al, whose experimental finding revealed mood disturbances after two weeks of induced sedentariness and along with longitudinal studies . By contrast, Aggio et al did not find an association between sitting and mood.…”

“…Positive affect and negative affect were assessed four times per day using a personal digital assistant, and sedentary behavior was measured using a hip‐worn accelerometer. The study found that sedentary behavior was associated with negative affective consequences …”

“…However, no significant between or within‐person associations were found between sitting and affect. Elavsky et al examined the concurrent and lagged relationships between sedentary behavior and momentary affect in the everyday life of middle‐aged woman (N = 121; age range 40‐60 years). Positive affect and negative affect were assessed four times per day using a personal digital assistant, and sedentary behavior was measured using a hip‐worn accelerometer.…”

“…Based on previous studies as well as theoretical and empirical models, we hypothesized that sedentary time [1a] and sedentary bouts (≥30‐minute) [1b] would negatively influence the mood‐dimension valence (hypothesis 1). Furthermore, we expected sedentary time [2a] and sedentary bouts [2b] to negatively influence the mood‐dimension energetic arousal (hypothesis 2), and sedentary time [3a] and sedentary bouts [3b] would negatively influence the mood‐dimension calmness (hypothesis 3).…”

Rationale and Design of the Women’s Health And Daily Experiences Project: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study to Identify Real-Time Predictors of Midlife Women’s Physical Activity

“…Examining within-person associations between EMA survey responses (eg, capturing psychosocial experiences) and objectively assessed PA in the natural environment is an underused approach to understanding PA variability and its influences in real time [ 110 ]. Although previous work has established the feasibility of using EMA with midlife women [ 111 - 113 ], to our knowledge, an EMA approach to understanding psychosocial predictors of PA variability has not yet been used among women in this life stage with elevated disease risk [ 114 ].…”