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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2019 Mar;24(3):309-320.
doi: 10.1177/1359105316674267. Epub 2016 Oct 25.

Evaluation of a motivational pre-exercise music intervention

Rachel Hallett  1 , Alexandra Lamont  2
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluation of a motivational pre-exercise music intervention

Rachel Hallett et al. J Health Psychol. 2019 Mar.

Abstract

While music has been found to motivate exercisers during workouts, its potential as a pre-exercise motivator has rarely been investigated. This study evaluated a self-selected, pre-exercise music intervention against implementation intentions (writing down 'if … then …' sentences relating to overcoming barriers) and a control condition. A total of 50 participants ( Mage = 43) took part in a longitudinal, randomised, between-participants study, from 99 recruited. For both interventions, participants had significantly more success meeting self-set exercise goals than the control group, and the music group exercised significantly more frequently than the control group. There was support for music as a comparable intervention to implementation intentions.

Keywords: adherence; affect; exercise behaviour; interventions; strategies.

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