Exercising for mood regulation: The importance of experience
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Most of the positive effects of regular exercise may only manifest themselves in the long-term for non-exercisers starting a work-out program.
“Non-exercisers starting a work-out program should realize that most of the positive effects of regular exercise may only manifest themselves in the long-term (Hsiao and Thayer 1998; Salmon 2001; Steptoe and Bolton 1988).”
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- Authors
- Hsiao, E. T., & Thayer, R. E.
- Affiliations
- California State University, Long Beach (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hsiao, Evana T.
- Venue
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1998-06
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 829-836
- ISSN
- 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2017498367
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 2.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Keywords
- exercise motivation, mood regulation, exercise experience, neuroticism, extraversion, physical activity promotion, socialization, gender differences, age differences
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