Kineziologija, Vol. 33 No. 1, 2001.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Acute anxiolytic and the mood balancing effects of aerobics: in relation to environmental conditions
Anu Järvekülg
; Institute of Exercise Biology, University of Tartu, Estonia
Inga Neissaar
; Institute of Sport Pedagogy, University of Tartu, Estonia
Atko Viru
; Institute of Exercise Biology, University of Tartu, Estonia
Sažetak
The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that diverse environmental conditions may modulate the acute psychological outcome of sessions of aerobics. 70 healthy women (age 17 to 35 years) exercised in three groups, two in unsatisfactory environmental conditions and one in excellent conditions. The acute effects of a standardized 40-min session of aerobics were recorded using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS). Personality traits were assessed with the aid of the Big Five Personality Inventory. The paired t-test showed that the session reduced state anxiety and negative affect in the group exercising in excellent conditions. In the groups exercising in unsatisfactory conditions the negative affect level did not change. State anxiety was reduced only in one of the two groups. MANOVA showed that the initial levels of state anxiety or negative affect had a stronger main effect on the changes of these parameters than the environmental conditions. Taking into account the results of the univariate test of F significance and the level of statistical power, it was possible to establish that the environmental conditions attributed 11%, the initial level of state anxiety 36%, the initial level of trait anxiety 18%, openness 24% and interaction of extroversion with environmental conditions 12% to the variance of state anxiety.
Ključne riječi
aerobics, positive affect, negative affect, state anxiety, trait anxiety
Hrčak ID:
257020
URI
Datum izdavanja:
4.5.2001.
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