Self-Paced Exercise, Affective Response, and Exercise Adherence: A Preliminary Investigation Using Ecological Momentary Assessment

Affective response to exercise may mediate the effects of self-paced exercise on exercise adherence. Fiftynine low-active (exercise <60 min/week), overweight (body mass index: 25.0–39.9) adults (ages 18–65) were randomly assigned to self-paced (but not to exceed 76% maximum heart rate) or prescribed moderate intensity exercise (64–76% maximum heart rate) in the context of otherwise identical 6-month print-based exercise promotion programs. Frequency and duration of exercise sessions and affective responses (good/bad) to exercise were assessed via ecological momentary assessment throughout the 6-month program. A regression-based mediation model was used to estimate (a) effects of experimental condition on affective response to exercise (path a = 0.20, SE = 0.28, f2 = 0.02); (b) effects of affective response on duration/latency of the next exercise session (path b = 0.47, SE = 0.25, f2 = 0.04); and (c) indirect effects of experimental condition on exercise outcomes via affective response (path ab = 0.11, SE = 0.06, f2 = 0.10). Results provide modest preliminary support for a mediational pathway linking self-paced exercise, affective response, and exercise adherence.

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Compliance Using Mobile Health Heart Rate Variability and Ecological Momentary Assessment Tools in a Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury Sample

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ◽

10.1016/j.apmr.2021.07.680 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 102 (10) ◽

pp. e70-e71

Author(s):

Andrew Nabasny ◽

Samrudhi Mishra ◽

Lexis Khetsavanh ◽

Mason Kitchens ◽

Samuel Preminger ◽

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Keyword(s):

Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Heart Rate ◽

Heart Rate Variability ◽

Brain Injury ◽

Mobile Health ◽

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

Momentary Assessment

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Does the Company of a Dog Influence Affective Response to Exercise? Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Study Dog-Accompanied Physical Activity

American Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.1177/0890117116666947 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 31 (5) ◽

pp. 388-390 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Yue Liao ◽

Olga Solomon ◽

Genevieve F. Dunton

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Negative Affect ◽

Positive Affect ◽

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Contextual Information ◽

Affective Response ◽

Self Report ◽

Dog Owners ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

Momentary Assessment

Purpose: This study used ecological momentary assessment (EMA), a real-time self-report strategy, to examine (1) whether dog owners were more likely to be physically active when they were with their dogs and (2) whether being with a dog amplifies positive and dampens negative affective response during physical activity. Design: Electronic EMA surveys for 12 days. Setting: Free-living. Participants: Seventy-one adult dog owners. Measures: The EMA survey included 1 question about current activity, 3 questions about positive affect (Cronbach α = .837), 4 questions about negative affect (Cronbach α = .865), and 1 question about the presence of dog. Analysis: Multilevel modeling. Results: The company of a dog did not increase the likelihood of being active versus sedentary at any given EMA prompt. However, greater positive affect during physical activity was reported in the company of a dog. Negative affect did not differ between active and sedentary activity, regardless of being with a dog or not. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the utility of electronic EMA as a promising methodology to study dog-accompanied physical activity. Future studies may use EMA to collect further contextual information about dog-accompanied activity to inform the development of innovative physical activity interventions.

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Ecological momentary assessment and physiological self-evaluation improve mindfulness of stress-related events during interprofessional training. Meta-analysis of a pilot study

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1829 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. s897-s897

Author(s):

C. Lazzari ◽

I. Masiello

Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Interprofessional Education ◽

Online Survey ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Stressful Events ◽

Significant Heterogeneity ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

The Impact ◽

Momentary Assessment

IntroductionSelf-reflective learning improves interprofessional education (IPE).ObjectivesPromoting ecological momentary assessment (EMA) of IPE via an online app. This shall allow contextual recording of students’ heart rate during and after pivotal moments of their training, thus improving mindfulness of stressful events (MSE).AimsTo make health care students mindful of the effect of their anxiety about learning, patient safety and performance.MethodsThirty-two undergraduate students contextually recorded their heart rate with a pulse-oximeter before and after each learning moment: discussion of a clinical case during ward rounds (ClinDis), attending patients as an interprofessional team (BedPat) and self-reflective practice at the end of each day of training (SelfRef). Results were recorded on a dedicated app linked to an online survey. Meta-analysis with Tau squared (t2), Cochrane's Q and I2 provided the results.ResultsMeta-analysis (Fig. 1) of IPE events was significant at P = 0.003, with t2 = 16.515, Q (5d.f.) = 17.913, and I2 = 72.088%. The bedside care had the higher statistically significant heterogeneity in the before-after event with t2 = 53.275, P = 0.001, Q (5d.f.) = 10.803 and I2 = 90.74% due to an increase in heart rate after patient care (BedPatAft).ConclusionsEMA reinforces self-reflection in IPE by making students mindful of the impact of educational emotions on team performance and patients’ quality of care.Fig. 1Results for contextual heart rate during interprofessional education.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Emotionsregulation bei Depression

Psychologische Rundschau ◽

10.1026/0033-3042/a000172 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 64 (4) ◽

pp. 235-243 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Sven Barnow ◽

Maren Aldinger ◽

Ines Ulrich ◽

Malte Stopsack

Keyword(s):

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

Momentary Assessment

Die Anzahl der Studien, die sich mit dem Zusammenhang zwischen Emotionsregulation (ER) und depressiven Störungen befassen, steigt. In diesem Review werden Studien zusammengefasst und metaanalytisch ausgewertet, die den Zusammenhang zwischen ER und Depression mittels Fragebögen bzw. Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) erfassen. Dabei zeigt sich ein ER-Profil welches durch die vermehrte Nutzung von Rumination, Suppression und Vermeidung bei gleichzeitig seltenerem Einsatz von Neubewertung und Problemlösen gekennzeichnet ist. Mit mittleren bis großen Effekten, ist der Zusammenhang zwischen Depression und maladaptiven Strategien besser belegt als bei den adaptiven Formen, wo die Effekte eher moderat ausfielen. EMA-Messungen bestätigen dieses Profil. Da EMA-Studien neben der Häufigkeit des Strategieeinsatzes auch die Erfassung anderer ER-Parameter wie Effektivität und Flexibilität ermöglichen, sollten solche Designs in der ER-Forschung zukünftig vermehrt Einsatz finden.

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Using Personal Cell Phones for Ecological Momentary Assessment

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040/a000127 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 3-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

Emmanuel Kuntsche ◽

Florian Labhart

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Communication Systems ◽

Cell Phones ◽

Personal Digital Assistants ◽

Natural Environments ◽

Mobility Patterns ◽

Standard Data ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

Momentary Assessment

Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) is a way of collecting data in people’s natural environments in real time and has become very popular in social and health sciences. The emergence of personal digital assistants has led to more complex and sophisticated EMA protocols but has also highlighted some important drawbacks. Modern cell phones combine the functionalities of advanced communication systems with those of a handheld computer and offer various additional features to capture and record sound, pictures, locations, and movements. Moreover, most people own a cell phone, are familiar with the different functions, and always carry it with them. This paper describes ways in which cell phones have been used for data collection purposes in the field of social sciences. This includes automated data capture techniques, for example, geolocation for the study of mobility patterns and the use of external sensors for remote health-monitoring research. The paper also describes cell phones as efficient and user-friendly tools for prompt manual data collection, that is, by asking participants to produce or to provide data. This can either be done by means of dedicated applications or by simply using the web browser. We conclude that cell phones offer a variety of advantages and have a great deal of potential for innovative research designs, suggesting they will be among the standard data collection devices for EMA in the coming years.

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