| The psychological benefits of recreational running: A field study. | |
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PMID: 22780910 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Running yields positive changes in affect, but the external validity of controlled studies has received little attention in the literature. In this inquiry, 50 recreational runners completed the Exercise-Induced Feeling Inventory (Gauvin & Rejeskí, 1993) before and after a bout of self-planned running on an urban running path. Positive changes were seen in all four measures of affect (p < .001). Multivariate regressions were performed to examine the contribution of four exercise characteristics (i.e., duration of the current run, weekly running time, weekly running distance, and running experience) to the observed changes in affect. The results have revealed that exercise characteristics accounted for only 14-30% of the variance in the recreational runners' affect, in both directions. It is concluded that psychological benefits of recreational running may be linked to placebo (conditioning and/or expectancy) effects. |
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Attila Szabo; Júlia Abrahám |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-7-10 |
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Title: Psychology, health & medicine Volume: - ISSN: 1465-3966 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
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Created Date: 2012-7-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9604099 Medline TA: Psychol Health Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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a Institute for Health Promotion and Sports Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University , Budapest , Hungary. |
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