Background: Little information exists as to the exercise intensity that adolescents enjoy and
whether identifiable subgroups of adolescents will choose higher-intensity exercise …

Many adolescents do not meet public health recommendations for moderate-to-vigorous
physical activity (MVPA). In studies of variables influencing adolescent MVPA, one that has …

Adolescence provides a significant opportunity to influence attitudes toward activity. It has
been proposed that affective responses are the first link in the hypothesized exercise …

Effective approaches to promote adolescent physical activity are needed. Moreover, a one-
size-fits-all approach has been minimally successful to date. This randomized controlled trial …

Physical exercise declines during adolescence due to several factors, such as lack of
intrinsic motivation or enjoyment, high physical exercise anxiety, and so on. The objectives …

The highest rate of decline in physical activity occurs in late adolescence and early
adulthood (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2000). The lack of continuation …

This study examined the patterning of acute affective responses to prescribed and self-
selected exercise intensities in a young adolescent population. Twenty-two young …

This study examined associations between psychosocial factors and physical activity in a
group of youth (n= 520). Students completed the Previous Day Physical Activity Recall and a …

Objectives. In most studies that have considered the exercise and affect relationship,
researchers have tended to prescribe cycle ergometry. Researchers have yet to question if …

Background A school-based physical activity intervention designed to encourage
adolescent girls to be more active was more effective for some participants than for others …