ReviewFrontiers in psychology2015
Differences in exercise intensity seems to influence the affective responses in self-selected and imposed exercise: a meta-analysis.
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- Comparison of the effect of self-selected and prescribed moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on state anxiety symptoms and affective responses in young women: a randomised crossover clinical trial design.Acta neuropsychiatrica · 2025Trial
- Post-exercise effects of self-selected exercise intensity on cardiovascular parameters in peripheral artery disease: a randomized crossover study.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2025Trial
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- A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of preferred intensity exercise in depressed adult women in the United Kingdom: secondary analysis of individual variability of depression.BMC public health · 2019Trial
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- Comparative Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training and Low-Intensity Steady-State Exercise on Anthropometric Outcomes and Psychophysical Well-Being: A Pilot Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
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- Virtual Reality Exercise with Autonomy Support Increases Positive Affect During Time Trial Exercise.Games for health journal · 2025Article
- Having the Heart to Exercise Control: Cardiac Interoception Influences Self-Paced Exercise Regulation.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Flow and Physiological Response Assessment during Exercise Using Metrorhythmic Stimuli.Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
- Exercise intensity prescription in cardiovascular rehabilitation: bridging the gap between best evidence and clinical practice.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Effect of Constant vs. Variable Moderate-Intensity Load on Peak Oxygen Uptake in Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation.Circulation reports · 2023Article
- Is There a Dose-Response Relationship between High-Intensity Interval Exercise (HIIE) Intensity and Affective Valence? Analysis of Three HIIE Sessions Performed with Different Amplitudes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- An Examination and Critique of Subjective Methods to Determine Exercise Intensity: The Talk Test, Feeling Scale, and Rating of Perceived Exertion.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Review
- Different Endurance Exercise Modalities, Different Affective Response: A Within-Subject Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- High-Intensity Interval Exercise: Methodological Considerations for Behavior Promotion From an Affective Perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- How Do Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis Experience High-Intensity Exercise?ACR open rheumatology · 2020Article
- The Effects of Acute Moderate and High Intensity Exercise on Memory.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Perceived and Heart Rate-based Intensities during Self-paced Walking: Magnitudes and Comparison.International journal of exercise science · 2020Article
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Abstract
Self-selected exercise seems to promote positive affective responses due to the perceived autonomy associated with it. The objective of the present study was to determine the magnitude of differences in Feeling Scale (FS) responses during self-selected and imposed exercise sessions. The PRISMA Statement was adopted for this meta-analysis. The search used PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO, and ISI Web of Knowledge databases. A total of 10 studies that compared the effects of self-selected and imposed exercise sessions on acute FS responses were included. The screening strategy included: exclusion of studies that were duplicated between databases, abstract screening, and text screening. The standardized mean difference (SMD) between self-selected and imposed exercise sessions categorized in five intensities (equal intensity: both exercises were performed at the same intensity, below lactate/ventilatory threshold (LT/VT): imposed exercise was performed at an intensity below the LT/VT, at LT/VT: imposed exercise was performed at the LT/VT intensity, above LT/VT: imposed exercise was performed at an intensity above the LT/VT, and different intensity: both exercises were performed at different intensities and the intensity of imposed session was not reported relative to LT/VT) and an overall SMD were calculated. Self-selected exercise was used as the reference condition. The subtotal SMD values were as follows: -0.10 (equal intensity), -0.36 (below LT/VT), -0.57 (at LT/VT), -1.30 (above LT/VT), and -0.09 (different intensity) and the overall SMD was -0.41. The results of the present study indicate that the difference between affective responses in self-selected and imposed exercise sessions is dependent on the intensity of the imposed exercise session.
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