Trial reportThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2015
Using activity triggered e-diaries to reveal the associations between physical activity and affective states in older adult's daily living.
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- Studying exercise-induced affect in older adults: how the circumplex model could enhance theoretical and practical advances in the field.Frontiers in aging · 2026Article
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- Momentary Associations Between Physical Activity, Affect, and Purpose in Life.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024Article
- Bi-directional associations of core affect and physical activity in adults with higher body weight: An ecological momentary assessment study.Journal of health psychology · 2024Article
- The contribution and interplay of implicit and explicit processes on physical activity behavior: empirical testing of the physical activity adoption and maintenance (PAAM) model.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment of Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Future Studies.Journal of happiness studies · 2021Review
- A neural mechanism for affective well-being: Subgenual cingulate cortex mediates real-life effects of nonexercise activity on energy.Science advances · 2020Article
- Ambulatory Assessment for Physical Activity Research: State of the Science, Best Practices and Future Directions.Psychology of sport and exercise · 2020Article
- Tracking momentary experience in the evaluation of arts-on-prescription services: using mood changes during art workshops to predict global wellbeing change.Perspectives in public health · 2020Article
- mHealth technology for ecological momentary assessment in physical activity research: a systematic review.PeerJ · 2020Article
- Relationships among affective states, physical activity, and sedentary behavior in children: Moderation by perceived stress.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence suggests that older adults show positive affects after participating in exercise bouts. However, it is less clear, if and how physical activities in daily living enhance affective states, too. This is dissatisfying, as most of older adults' physical activities are part of their daily living. To answer these questions we used activity-triggered e-diaries to investigate the within-subject effects of physical activity on three dimensions of affective states (valence, energetic arousal, calmness) during everyday life.
methodsOlder adults (N = 74) between 50 and 70 years took part in the study during three consecutive days. Physical activity in daily living was objectively assessed using accelerometers. Affects were measured 10 min after a study participant surpassed a predefined threshold for activity or inactivity. The participants were prompted by an acoustic signal to assess their momentary affective states on an e-diary. Data were analyzed with hierarchical multilevel analyses.
resultsWhenever older individuals were more physically active, they felt more energized (energetic arousal) and agitated (calmness). However, they did not feel better (valence). Interestingly, body mass index (BMI) and valence were associated in a significant cross-level interaction. BMI acts as a moderating variable in the way that lower BMI scores were associated with higher levels of valence scores after being physically active.
conclusionsThe innovative ambulatory assessment used here affords an interesting insight to the affective effects of daily activity of older adults. These effects are no simple and no linear ones, i.e. physical activity is not associated with positive affects per se as shown several times in experimental studies with single activity bouts. Rather there is a differentiating association seen as an enhanced feeling of energy and agitation, which is not accompanied by a better feeling. Socio-emotional selectivity theory may support the finding that older individuals are emotionally more stable during their day-to-day life, which might explain the non-significant effect on the affect dimension valence.
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