Effect of systematic physical fitness training combined with counseling on the self-concept of college students.

Hilyer, James C.; Mitchell, William

doi:10.1037/0022-0167.26.5.427

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“…Thus, it is unclear whether the observed effect was due to the training program or to preexisting group differences (17). Nevertheless, these results are consistent with numerous reports suggesting that aerobic training enhances self-mastery (16,29,30). Finally, no relationship was observed between improvement in aerobic fitness and subjective measures of arousal or anxiety during the session, self-reported frequency or intensity of daily hassles and uplifts, or psychologic symptoms.…”

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Experimental manipulation of aerobic fitness and the response to psychosocial stress: heart rate and self-report measures.

Sinyor¹,

Golden²,

Steinert³

et al. 1986

Psychosomatic Medicine

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To determine whether aerobic fitness training alters response to psychosocial stress, 38 males were randomly assigned to either aerobic, anaerobic (weight-lifting), or waiting-list control groups. Experimental groups met three to four times per week in 1-hr sessions aimed at improving either cardiovascular endurance or muscular strength. Aerobic fitness level, heart rate and subjective response to laboratory psychosocial stress, and self-reports of daily stress, coping resources and psychologic symptoms were assessed prior to and following 10 weeks of training. Although posttraining fitness measures confirmed the effectiveness of aerobic training, no group differences were seen on laboratory or self-report measures. However, for aerobic trainers alone, fitness improvement tended to correlate with faster heart rate recovery following psychosocial stress. Fitness improvement was not correlated with any other psychologic changes. This experiment provides only modest support for the hypothesis that aerobic training alters response to psychosocial stress. It is suggested that future work on the psychologic effects of aerobic fitness explore the contribution of training parameters as well as subject characteristics.

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confidence: 91%

Experimental manipulation of aerobic fitness and the response to psychosocial stress: heart rate and self-report measures.

Sinyor¹,

Golden²,

Steinert³

et al. 1986

Psychosomatic Medicine

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“…Finally, a third series of studies have reported positive psychological changes accompanying physical exercise in specialized populations such as children (15), collge students (16), cardiac patients (17), or psychiatric patients (18,19).…”

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Psychological Changes Accompany Aerobic Exercise in Healthy Middle-Aged Adults

Blumenthal

Williams

Needels

et al. 1982

Psychosomatic Medicine

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An attempt was made to assess the effects of aerobic exercise on the psychological functioning of a nonclinical sample of healthy middle-aged adults. Sixteen subjects participated in a 10-week program of regular walking-jogging, while a matched control group maintained their sedentary life-styles. All subjects completed a battery of psychological tests, including the Profile of Mood States, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and a retrospective questionnaire regarding self-perceptions of change. Examination of test scores revealed that scores for the exercise group almost always improved, whereas the scores for the control group remained the same or deteriorated. The exercisers exhibited less state and trait anxiety, less tension, depression, and fatigue, and more vigor than the controls. These results document the potential utility of regular aerobic exercise in promoting psychological health in normal adults.

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“…Employees who are not coping effectively generally lack self-efficacy regarding their abihty to cope, and experience a desire for greater personal control (Lazarus and Folkman 1984). Hilyer and Mitchell (1979) found that participants who experienced positive changes in self-concept through a fitness training and counselling treatment had low self-concepts to begin with. They suggested that individuals with high self-concepts did not need to change as much.…”

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Coping with work stress: Psychological benefits of exercise

Long

Flood

1993

Work & Stress

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Although the health-enhancing effects of physical exercise have been well documented, less is known about how exercise benefits stressed employees psychologically. Ths article examines exercise as a coping response, and identifies changes in self-schemata (a person's underlying beliefsystems about himor herself) as the means by which exercise affects coping resources. In addition, by drawing on schema theory and the exercise literature, the active components of an exercise programme and the individuals who might enhance their ability to cope with stress through such a programme are identified.

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Effect of systematic physical fitness training combined with counseling on the self-concept of college students.

Cited by 68 publications

References 18 publications

Experimental manipulation of aerobic fitness and the response to psychosocial stress: heart rate and self-report measures.

Experimental manipulation of aerobic fitness and the response to psychosocial stress: heart rate and self-report measures.

Psychological Changes Accompany Aerobic Exercise in Healthy Middle-Aged Adults

Coping with work stress: Psychological benefits of exercise

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