Rice Jennifer M, Gordon Brett R, Lindheimer Jacob B, Lyons Mark, Herring Matthew P
Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Sci Rep. 2025 Apr 3;15(1):11378. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-96156-7.
The role of expectations in psychological responses to acute resistance exercise (RE) is largely unknown. This study quantified associations between expectations regarding psychological responses to exercise and observed state anxiety and mood responses after acute RE among adults with and without Analogue Generalized Anxiety Disorder (AGAD). Acute RE was nested into week one of an eight-week RCT of RE among 56 young adults with AGAD (n = 25) and non-AGAD (n = 31). 23 young adults were randomized to the intervention group and 33 to seated quiet rest. State anxiety and mood were measured pre and 10 min-post acute RE or seated quiet rest (QR). Expectations were measured pre acute RE or QR. Spearman's rho quantified associations between expectations and mood responses. There were no associations in the acute RE sample between expectations of psychological outcomes and experienced psychological outcomes (all rho: -0.05 to 0.16) and the QR sample (all rho: -0.07 to 0.22). The measurement of Expected Psychological Outcomes of Exercise (EPOE) was not specific to RE modality alone, possibly influencing participants' responses. These preliminary findings suggest that post-acute RE mood responses are independent from expectations of psychological outcomes, which is paramount when promoting RE as a potential treatment/therapeutic option to improve mood. Future research should focus on expectations of psychological responses specifically to acute and chronic RE.
期望在急性抗阻运动（RE）心理反应中的作用在很大程度上尚不清楚。本研究量化了患有和未患有模拟广泛性焦虑障碍（AGAD）的成年人对运动心理反应的期望与急性RE后观察到的状态焦虑和情绪反应之间的关联。急性RE嵌套在一项针对56名患有AGAD（n = 25）和未患有AGAD（n = 31）的年轻成年人的为期八周的RE随机对照试验的第一周。23名年轻成年人被随机分配到干预组，33名被安排进行坐姿安静休息。在急性RE或坐姿安静休息（QR）前和后10分钟测量状态焦虑和情绪。在急性RE或QR前测量期望。Spearman等级相关系数量化了期望与情绪反应之间的关联。在急性RE样本中，心理结果的期望与经历的心理结果之间（所有相关系数：-0.05至0.16）以及QR样本中（所有相关系数：-0.07至0.22）均无关联。运动预期心理结果（EPOE）的测量并非仅特定于RE方式，可能会影响参与者的反应。这些初步发现表明，急性RE后的情绪反应独立于心理结果的期望，这在将RE作为改善情绪的潜在治疗/疗法选择进行推广时至关重要。未来的研究应专注于对急性和慢性RE的心理反应的期望。
