Incentive sensitization for exercise reinforcement to increase exercise behaviors

Autor: Jack Moreland, Kyle D. Flack, Harry M. Hays
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Health Psychology. 26:2487-2504
ISSN: 1461-7277
1359-1053
DOI: 10.1177/1359105320914073
Popis: Individuals can be sensitized to the reinforcing effects of exercise, although it is unknown if this process increases habitual exercise behavior. Sedentary men and women (body mass index: 25–35 kg/m2, N = 52) participated in a 12-week aerobic exercise intervention. Exercise reinforcement was determined by how much work was performed for exercise relative to a sedentary alternative in a progressive ratio schedule task. Habitual physical activity was assessed via accelerometry. Post-intervention increases in exercise reinforcement predicted increases in physical activity bouts among those who expended over 2000 kcal per week in exercise and who compensated for less than 50 percent of their exercise energy expenditure.
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