Abstract
Recreational running is an attractive leisure activity associated with many positive effects on mental and physical health (Junior et al., 2015). However, continuation of running behaviour appears to be a problem for many individuals, and to a greater extent for women (Fokkema et al., 2019). Both explicit and implicit processes are considered to be associated with physical activity behaviour (e.g. Brand & Ekkekakis, 2018). We aimed to explore how associations with running change through an eight-weeks running intervention (30 min running sessions 3x/week). 24 women (M = 23.9 years, SD = 3.4) with no or little experience in recreational running participated. Three explicit measures towards running (cognitive attitude, affective attitude, feeling thermometer) and a running-related Single-Target Implicit Association Test (ST-IAT) with concurrent EEG recording were collected before and after the intervention. Implicit associations towards running were quantified by D-Scores and mean target-related (i.e. runner stimuli) reaction time (RT) differences between the positive and negative pairing task condition. Equivalently, mean amplitude differences in the Late Positive Potential (LPP) time range (400-600 ms) at electrode Pz were calculated from EEG data. Paired t-tests revealed statistically significant increases for the explicit attitude components (p < .05) and the feeling thermometer (p < .01). Changes in implicit and neural components showed no statistical significance (p > .05), but large individual differences. The implicit-explicit discrepancy might indicate that adoption and continuation of regular running behavior in female novice runners after an eight-weeks running intervention depend more on explicit than implicit associations towards running.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Sport, exercise and performance psychology: Challenges and opportunities in a changing word |
Subtitle of host publication | Abstract Book 16th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology |
Chapter | Oral presentations |
Pages | 302 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Event | 16th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology (FEPSAC): Sport, exercise and performance psychology: challenges and opportunities in a changing world - University of Padova, Padova, Italy Duration: 11 Jul 2022 → 16 Jul 2022 https://fepsac2022.eu/ |
Conference
Conference | 16th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology (FEPSAC) |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Padova |
Period | 11/07/22 → 16/07/22 |
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Fields of Science and Technology Classification 2012
- 501 Psychology