Edwards Meghan K, Rhodes Ryan E, Loprinzi Paul D
Physical Activity Epidemiology Laboratory, Exercise Psychology Laboratory, Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, The University of Mississippi, University, MS.
Behavioral Medicine Lab, School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, The University of Victoria, Victoria, BC (Canada).
Am J Health Behav. 2017 Sep 1;41(5):534-543. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.41.5.2.
Exercise may help to cope with hectic or demanding events after a stressful situation occurs. Limited research has evaluated whether exercise, prior to a stressor, helps to facilitate subsequent emotional regulation. This pilot study addresses this novel paradigm. We employed a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of acute exercise on emotional regulation.
Participants were randomly assigned to stretch (control group, N = 10), walk (N = 9), or jog (N = 8) for 15-minutes, after which they were exposed to a film clip intended to elicit a negative emotional response. Participants' emotions were monitored before and during exercise, as well as after the film clip. Emotional responses were evaluated using the Exercise Induced Feeling Inventory and Affective Circumplex Scale.
A group x time splitplot interaction effect was significant for anger (p = .046) and anxiousness (p = .038). Follow-up analyses showed that only the stretching group (p = .048) had a significantly increased anger score from baseline to post-film clip, suggesting a protective emotional effect from walking and jogging.
Exercise was effective in regulating anger and anxiousness after a stressful event. These findings provide evidence for potential preventive effects of exercise in facilitating emotional regulation.
运动可能有助于在压力情境发生后应对忙碌或苛刻的事件。有限的研究评估了在应激源出现之前进行运动是否有助于促进随后的情绪调节。这项初步研究探讨了这一新颖的范式。我们采用了一项随机对照试验来评估急性运动对情绪调节的影响。
参与者被随机分配进行15分钟的伸展运动（对照组，N = 10）、步行（N = 9）或慢跑（N = 8），之后他们观看一段旨在引发负面情绪反应的电影片段。在运动前、运动期间以及观看电影片段后监测参与者的情绪。使用运动诱发感觉量表和情感环形量表评估情绪反应。
愤怒（p = .046）和焦虑（p = .038）的组×时间裂区交互效应显著。后续分析表明，只有伸展组（p = .048）从基线到观看电影片段后愤怒得分显著增加，表明步行和慢跑具有保护性情绪效应。
运动在压力事件后有效调节愤怒和焦虑。这些发现为运动在促进情绪调节方面的潜在预防作用提供了证据。
