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Within-Person Variation of Affective Well-Being during and after Exercise: Does the Person-Exercise Fit Matter?

ABSTRACT: Affective well-being is positively linked to regular exercise. Therefore, it is important to identify the factors that influence intra-individual variability of affective well-being. This study investigated (1) whether affective responses vary within an individual and (2) how affective responses are associated with a motive-incentive fit and a skill-task fit. A total of 107 adults (66% females, M_age = 41.79 years old, 58% doing no exercise) took part in three exercise sessions in a random order. Each session lasted 30 min with a break of 10 min between. The sessions were similarly structured but covered diverse activity incentives (e.g., figure vs. social contact vs. aesthetic movements). Intraclass correlation coefficients showed a very high within-person variation of affective valence and enjoyment across the exercise sessions. The results of multi-level regression analyses revealed that associations between perceived competence, considered to be an indicator of the skill-task fit, and affective well-being were moderate to high, whereas those between motive-incentive fit and affective well-being were low to moderate.

SUBMITTER: Schmid J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7826600 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Within-Person Variation of Affective Well-Being during and after Exercise: Does the Person-Exercise Fit Matter?

Schmid Julia J Gut Vanessa V Schorno Nina N Yanagida Takuya T Conzelmann Achim A

International journal of environmental research and public health 20210111 2

Affective well-being is positively linked to regular exercise. Therefore, it is important to identify the factors that influence intra-individual variability of affective well-being. This study investigated (1) whether affective responses vary within an individual and (2) how affective responses are associated with a motive-incentive fit and a skill-task fit. A total of 107 adults (66% females, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 41.79 years old, 58% doing no exercise) took part in three exercise sessions ...[more]

PMID: 33440746

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