Vigorous exercise is associated with a sensation of well-being, and this subjective state has
been objectively quantified with psychometric, cardiovascular, and neurophysiological data …

This paper documents the recent (1976–1995) literature on the acute mood effects
associated with participation in single sessions of exercise. Issues regarding experimental …

This study was designed to replicate and extend previous observations that the acute
response to high intensity exercise is an increase in anxiety and other negative feelings …

The effects of exercise duration on mood state were examined. In a repeated-measures
design, the Profile of Mood States inventory (DM McNair, M. Lorr, & LF Droppleman, 1971) …

Little is known regarding effects of components of the exercise stimulus (eg, intensity,
duration) on affective responses. The effect of varying levels of exercise intensity was …

Thirty-two female students participated in a single-session experiment during which they
carried out two 8-min trials of high-intensity exercise and two 8-min trials of low-intensity …

Conclusions The major reviews of research on aerobic exercise and mood published in the
past 10 years and the well-controlled empirical studies in the last 5 years yield a number of …

An experiment was conducted to examine the acute emotional and psychophysiological
effects of a single bout of aerobic exercise. Forty active and 40 inactive college students …

This paper addresses the current literature related to investigations of the link between
exercise treatments and depression, anxiety and other mood states. Results from these …

Hoffman MD, Hoffman DR. Exercisers achieve greater acute exercise-induced mood
enhancement than nonexercisers. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a single session of …