Preferred exercise mode and affective responses in physically active adults
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Participants
Participants (N = 26) consisted of 14 men and 12 women who were either students or employees (academic and support staff) from a university sport, leisure and exercise department in a large city in northern England. Participants were recruited to this study via an advertisement. Ages ranged from 29 to 49 years (M = 33.2, SD = 6.0 years). Participants took part in exercise on average at least three times per week. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the University’s Research Ethics
Participant characteristics
Independent t-tests revealed no significant mean gender differences for age (Males, M = 35.3, SD = 7.55; Females, M = 31.1, SD = 4.5), body mass (kg) (Males, M = 75.4, SD = 12.1; Females, M = 69.7, SD = 8.5) resting heart rate, (Males, M = 62.1, SD = 9.1; Females, M = 58.2, SD = 6.6), estimated maximum oxygen uptake (Females, M = 48.3, SD = 10.3; Males, M = 53.2, SD = 7.9) and number of physical activity sessions per week (Males, M = 4.1, SD = 0.8; Females, M = 7.3, SD = 3.0). Therefore,
Discussion
The findings from this investigation appear to partially support the stated hypotheses and indicate that, when individuals are given a choice of exercise modes, they report lower Negative Affect scores from pre- to post-exercise compared to when they are given no choice. These results suggest that exercise preference is an important factor for practitioners to consider when prescribing exercise for the promotion of psychological states. The findings from the present study also indicated that
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