TY - JOUR
T1 - Affect and subsequent physical activity:
T2 - An ambulatory assessment study examining the affect-activity association in a real-life context.
AU - Niermannn, Christina YN
AU - Herrmann, Christian
AU - von Haaren-Mack, Birte
AU - van Kann, Dave
AU - Woll, Alexander
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Traditionally,cognitive,motivational,andvolitionaldeterminantshavebeenusedtoexplainandpredicthealthbehaviorssuchasphysicalactivity.Recently,theroleofaffectininfluencingandregulatinghealthbehaviorsreceivedmoreattention.Affectsasinternalcuesmayautomaticallyactivateunconsciousprocessesofbehaviorregulation.Theaimofourstudywastoexaminetheassociationbetweenaffectandphysicalactivityindailylife.Inaddition,westudiedtheinfluenceofthehabitofbeingphysicallyactiveonthisrelationship.Anambulatoryassessmentstudyin89persons(33.7%male,25to65years,M=45.2,SD=8.1)wasconducted.Affectwasassessedintheafternoonon5weekdaysusingsmartphones.Physicalactivitywasmeasuredcontinuouslyobjectivelyusingaccelerometersandsubjectivelyusingsmartphonesintheevening.Habitstrengthwasassessedatthebeginningofthediaryperiod.Theoutcomeswereobjectivelyandsubjectivelymeasuredmoderate-to-vigorousphysicalactivity(MVPA)performedafterwork.MultilevelregressionmodelswereusedtoanalyzetheassociationbetweenaffectandafterworkMVPA.Inaddition,thecross-levelinteractionofhabitstrengthandaffectonafterworkMVPAwastested.Positiveaffectwaspositivelyrelatedtoobjectivelymeasuredandself-reportedafterworkMVPA:thegreaterthepositiveaffectthemoretimepersonssubsequentlyspentonMVPA.Aninverserelationshipwasfoundfornegativeaffect:thegreaterthenegativeaffectthelesstimepersonsspentonMVPA.Thecross-levelinteractioneffectwassignificantonlyforobjectivelymeasuredMVPA.Astronghabitseemstostrengthenboththepositiveinfluenceofpositiveaffectandthenegativeinfluenceofnegativeaffect.Theresultsofthisstudyconfirmpreviousresultsandindicatethataffectplaysanimportantrolefortheregulationofphysicalactivitybehavioridailylife.Theresultsforpositiveaffectwereconsistent.However,incontrasttopreviousreportsofnooraninverseassociation,negativeaffectdecreasedsubsequentMVPA.Theseinconsistenciesmaybe—inpart—explainedbythedifferentmeasurementsofaffectinourandotherstudies.Therefore,furtherresearchiswarrantedtogainmoreinsightintotheassociationbetweenaffectandphysicalactivity.
AB - Traditionally,cognitive,motivational,andvolitionaldeterminantshavebeenusedtoexplainandpredicthealthbehaviorssuchasphysicalactivity.Recently,theroleofaffectininfluencingandregulatinghealthbehaviorsreceivedmoreattention.Affectsasinternalcuesmayautomaticallyactivateunconsciousprocessesofbehaviorregulation.Theaimofourstudywastoexaminetheassociationbetweenaffectandphysicalactivityindailylife.Inaddition,westudiedtheinfluenceofthehabitofbeingphysicallyactiveonthisrelationship.Anambulatoryassessmentstudyin89persons(33.7%male,25to65years,M=45.2,SD=8.1)wasconducted.Affectwasassessedintheafternoonon5weekdaysusingsmartphones.Physicalactivitywasmeasuredcontinuouslyobjectivelyusingaccelerometersandsubjectivelyusingsmartphonesintheevening.Habitstrengthwasassessedatthebeginningofthediaryperiod.Theoutcomeswereobjectivelyandsubjectivelymeasuredmoderate-to-vigorousphysicalactivity(MVPA)performedafterwork.MultilevelregressionmodelswereusedtoanalyzetheassociationbetweenaffectandafterworkMVPA.Inaddition,thecross-levelinteractionofhabitstrengthandaffectonafterworkMVPAwastested.Positiveaffectwaspositivelyrelatedtoobjectivelymeasuredandself-reportedafterworkMVPA:thegreaterthepositiveaffectthemoretimepersonssubsequentlyspentonMVPA.Aninverserelationshipwasfoundfornegativeaffect:thegreaterthenegativeaffectthelesstimepersonsspentonMVPA.Thecross-levelinteractioneffectwassignificantonlyforobjectivelymeasuredMVPA.Astronghabitseemstostrengthenboththepositiveinfluenceofpositiveaffectandthenegativeinfluenceofnegativeaffect.Theresultsofthisstudyconfirmpreviousresultsandindicatethataffectplaysanimportantrolefortheregulationofphysicalactivitybehavioridailylife.Theresultsforpositiveaffectwereconsistent.However,incontrasttopreviousreportsofnooraninverseassociation,negativeaffectdecreasedsubsequentMVPA.Theseinconsistenciesmaybe—inpart—explainedbythedifferentmeasurementsofaffectinourandotherstudies.Therefore,furtherresearchiswarrantedtogainmoreinsightintotheassociationbetweenaffectandphysicalactivity.
UR - http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00677/full
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00677
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00677
M3 - Journal articles
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 7
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Frontiers in psychology
JF - Frontiers in psychology
M1 - 677
ER -