TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - State/trait anxiety and anxiolytic effects of acute physical exercises
JO  - Biomedical human kinetics
A1  - Guszkowska, Monika
SP  - 6
EP  - 10
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
N2  - Study aim: To determine anxiolytic effects of acute physical exertions in relation to the initial anxiety state and trait in women. Material and methods: A group of 163 women aged 16 - 56 years, attending fitness clubs in Warsaw, participated in the study. They selected a single exercise to perform - strength, aerobic or mixed, lasting 30 to over 60 min. They were requested to fill Spielberger's STAI questionnaires for determining the state anxiety (pre- and post-exercise) and trait anxiety (post-exercise). Questionnaire results were converted to logarithms, pre-post differences were computed and correlated with age, trait anxiety and pre-exercise state anxiety. Multiple correlation and the contributions of independent variables to the total variance of pre-post differences were also computed. Results: Pre-post differences in state anxiety were significantly correlated with pre-exercise state anxiety (r = 0.514; p Conclusions: The fact that subjects with high pre-exercise state anxiety are prone to its highest decrease post-exercise ought to be considered when designing leisure activity programmes.<p /> 
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SN  - 2080-2234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10101-009-0003-0
ID  - ref1
ER  -