A longitudinal study on the relationship between exercise and psychological well-being

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Chase V. Grosse and Jonathan S. Gore (Estern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY)

Research has provided in sight in to the relationships between exercise and psychological well-being but here are concerns with previous method ologies including sample size sand variable definitions (Perham & Accordino, 2007; Paluska & Schwenk, 2000). To test the hypotheses that an increase in exercise predicts an increase in well-being and that this relationship exists while taking into account exercise addiction, under graduates completed a survey describing their exercise habits and psychological well-being at two time points (N=160; time1, N= 124; time 2). The results revealed that exercise is associated with psychological well-being even while controlling for exercise addiction, and that increases in exercise predicted decreased anxiety over ashort time period. Implication soft he study and possibilities for future research are discussed.