The Effects of Idealized Fitness Images on Anxiety, Depression and Global Mood States in College Age Males and Females

The primary purpose of this investigation was to quantify the effects of fitness media exposure on psychological affect utilizing the Solomon 4-group design. Volunteers were counterbalanced and randomly assigned to 30 minutes of viewing either a fitness or control magazine. State anxiety (STAI), ten...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of health psychology 2008-04, Vol.13 (3), p.433-437
Hauptverfasser:	Garvin, Ann Wertz, Damson, Christopher
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Affect Anxiety Anxiety-Depression Biological and medical sciences Body shape Confusion Depression Experiments Fatigue Female Fitness Group analysis Health Humans Male Mass Media Media Medical sciences Mental depression Midwestern United States Mood Mood disorders Moods Periodicals Physical activity Physical fitness Physical Fitness - psychology Psychological aspects Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Self Concept Sensitization Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry Social psychology Sociocultural environment Surveys and Questionnaires Undergraduate students Volunteers Youth
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Zusammenfassung:	The primary purpose of this investigation was to quantify the effects of fitness media exposure on psychological affect utilizing the Solomon 4-group design. Volunteers were counterbalanced and randomly assigned to 30 minutes of viewing either a fitness or control magazine. State anxiety (STAI), tension, depression, anger vigor, fatigue, confusion, and global mood (POMS) were measured. Results indicate that pre-test sensitization was not a significant factor when testing the psychological factors in this investigation. Additionally, the outcomes associated with viewing ultra-fit images in popular media are not a benign experience and merit further examination.
ISSN:	1359-1053 1461-7277
DOI:	10.1177/1359105307088146