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The subjective exercise experiences before and after physical activity among university students

The study was conducted to investigated the effects of different types of physical activities on male and female university students (N= 115) affective states. Among well-known measures for assessing both negative and positive affective states (Rejeski et al 1987 ; Watson et al 1988 ; McAuley & Courneya, 1994) the Subjective Exercise Experience Scale SEES were chosen because of relative shortness and satisfactory metric characteristics. SEES is a questionnaire developed by McAuley and Courneya (1994) to assess psychological responses to exercise composed of 12 items chosen to assess three-aspects of exercise experience: Positive Well-Being ; Psychological Distress and Fatigue. The aim of the study was to identify the differences in SEES subscales in group of university students involved in dance and athletic activities separately by gender. The subjects were divided in four subgroups: female (N=10) and male (N=38) university students involved in dance classes and female (N=22) and male (N=45) university students involved in athletic (track and field) classes. Scores on SEES were collected prior and after a vigorous exercise trial. T-test for dependent groups was used to determine the differences between groups before and after physical activity in SEES subscales: fatigue, positive well-being and psychological distress. The results obtained in positive well being subscale were significantly higher after physical activity (Mean = 23.4) than before physical activity (Mean = 20.7) for male and female students only in dance activity group. Also, the results in fatigue subscale were significantly better after physical activity (Mean = 8.1) than before physical activity (Mean = 10.3) for both gender only in dance activity group. Significant differences before and after physical activity for SEES subscales in athletic group were not found. In spite of general opinion that male students did not enjoy dance classes, the results obtained suggested that dance classes affect positively both female and male university students. It is possible that music increased emotionally experienced activity and contributed to better physical well being and decreased sensation of fatigue in dance group.

physical activity; university curricula

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