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Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine 1/2012

01-08-2012 | Original Article

Does Affective Valence During and Immediately Following a 10-Min Walk Predict Concurrent and Future Physical Activity?

Authors: David M. Williams, Ph.D., Shira Dunsiger, Ph.D., Ernestine G. Jennings, Ph.D., Bess H. Marcus, Ph.D.

Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Issue 1/2012

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Abstract

Background

Affect may be important for understanding physical activity behavior.

Purpose

To examine whether affective valence (i.e., good/bad feelings) during and immediately following a brief walk predicts concurrent and future physical activity.

Methods

At months 6 and 12 of a 12-month physical activity promotion trial, healthy low-active adults (N = 146) reported affective valence during and immediately following a 10-min treadmill walk. Dependent variables were self-reported minutes/week of lifestyle physical activity at months 6 and 12.

Results

Affect reported during the treadmill walk was cross-sectionally (month 6: β = 28.6, p = 0.008; month 12: β = 26.6, p = 0.021) and longitudinally (β = 14.8, p = 0.030) associated with minutes/week of physical activity. Affect reported during a 2-min cool down was cross-sectionally (month 6: β = 21.1, p = 0.034; month 12: β = 30.3, p < 0.001), but not longitudinally associated with minutes/week of physical activity. Affect reported during a postcool-down seated rest was not associated with physical activity.

Conclusions

During-behavior affect is predictive of concurrent and future physical activity behavior.
Footnotes
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Addition of perceived exertion scores to each regression equation had virtually no impact on regression coefficients for feeling scale scores. However, in the longitudinal analysis, the coefficient for during-walk feeling scale score (β = 14.8, p = 0.030) became marginally significant (β = 13.8, p = 0.069) when month 6 during-walk perceived exertion score was added to the equation.
 
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Metadata
Title
Does Affective Valence During and Immediately Following a 10-Min Walk Predict Concurrent and Future Physical Activity?
Authors
David M. Williams, Ph.D.
Shira Dunsiger, Ph.D.
Ernestine G. Jennings, Ph.D.
Bess H. Marcus, Ph.D.
Publication date
01-08-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Annals of Behavioral Medicine / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0883-6612
Electronic ISSN: 1532-4796
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-012-9362-9

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