Roth D L, Holmes D S
Psychosom Med. 1987 Jul-Aug;49(4):355-65. doi: 10.1097/00006842-198707000-00004.
An experiment was conducted to determine whether aerobic exercise training or relaxation training would be effective for reducing the deleterious effects of life stress on physical and psychologic health. Over 1000 college students were surveyed, and 55 of those who reported experiencing a high number of negative life events over the preceding year were assigned to an aerobic exercise training condition, a relaxation training condition, or a no-treatment control condition. Physical and psychologic health were assessed with self-report measures before, halfway through, immediately following, and 8 weeks after the 11-week training (and control) period. Heart rate data collected during a treadmill test indicated that the aerobic exercise training was effective for improving cardiovascular fitness. Psychologic measures indicated that the exercise training condition was more effective than the other two conditions for reducing depression during the first 5 weeks of training. No differences were found among the conditions on self-report measures of physical health. These findings suggest that aerobic exercise training may be useful for reducing the severity and duration of depressive reactions following stressful life change.
进行了一项实验，以确定有氧运动训练或放松训练是否能有效减轻生活压力对身心健康的有害影响。对1000多名大学生进行了调查，其中55名报告在过去一年中经历了大量负面生活事件的学生被分配到有氧运动训练组、放松训练组或无治疗对照组。在为期11周的训练（和对照）期开始前、进行到一半时、结束后立即以及结束8周后，通过自我报告测量来评估身心健康。在跑步机测试期间收集的心率数据表明，有氧运动训练对改善心血管健康有效。心理测量表明，在训练的前5周，运动训练组在减轻抑郁方面比其他两组更有效。在身体健康的自我报告测量方面，各组之间没有发现差异。这些发现表明，有氧运动训练可能有助于减轻生活压力变化后抑郁反应的严重程度和持续时间。
