Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2012 Aug;44(1):43-51.
doi: 10.1007/s12160-012-9362-9.

Does affective valence during and immediately following a 10-min walk predict concurrent and future physical activity?

David M Williams  1 , Shira Dunsiger, Ernestine G Jennings, Bess H Marcus
Affiliations
Randomized Controlled Trial

Does affective valence during and immediately following a 10-min walk predict concurrent and future physical activity?

David M Williams et al. Ann Behav Med. 2012 Aug.

Abstract

Background: Affect may be important for understanding physical activity behavior.

Purpose: To examine whether affective valence (i.e., good/bad feelings) during and immediately following a brief walk predicts concurrent and future physical activity.

Methods: At months 6 and 12 of a 12-month physical activity promotion trial, healthy low-active adults (N=146) reported affective valence during and immediately following a 10-min treadmill walk. Dependent variables were self-reported minutes/week of lifestyle physical activity at months 6 and 12.

Results: Affect reported during the treadmill walk was cross-sectionally (month 6: β=28.6, p=0.008; month 12: β=26.6, p=0.021) and longitudinally (β=14.8, p=0.030) associated with minutes/week of physical activity. Affect reported during a 2-min cool down was cross-sectionally (month 6: β=21.1, p=0.034; month 12: β=30.3, p<0.001), but not longitudinally associated with minutes/week of physical activity. Affect reported during a postcool-down seated rest was not associated with physical activity.

Conclusions: During-behavior affect is predictive of concurrent and future physical activity behavior.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Statement The authors have no conflict to disclose.

Comment in

References

    1. USDHHS: Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Report, 2008. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2008.
    1. Carlson SA, Fulton JE, Galuska DA, Kruger J. Prevalence of self-reported physically active adults-United States, 2007. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2008;57:1297–1300. - PubMed
    1. Marcus BH, Williams DM, Dubbert PM, et al. Physical activity intervention studies: What we know what we need to know A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism (Subcommittee on Physical Activity); Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; and the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Circulation. 2006;114:2739–2752. - PubMed
    1. USDHHS: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Healthy People 2020. Washington, DC: [Accessed March 20, 2012]. Available at http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?top....
    1. Ajzen I. The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 1991;50:179–211.

Publication types