Do you find exercise pleasant or unpleasant? The Affective Exercise Experiences (AFFEXX) questionnaire
Suggestions that affective experiences may influence exercise motivation have commonly appeared since the dawn of exercise psychology. However, a measure that captures the nature, the antecedents, and the motivational implications of such experiences has been lacking. We developed the Affective Exer...
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| Published in: | Psychology of sport and exercise 2021-07, Vol.55, p.101930, Article 101930 |
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| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | Suggestions that affective experiences may influence exercise motivation have commonly appeared since the dawn of exercise psychology. However, a measure that captures the nature, the antecedents, and the motivational implications of such experiences has been lacking. We developed the Affective Exercise Experiences (AFFEXX) questionnaire to assess the constructs within a conceptual model, according to which core affective exercise experiences (pleasure-displeasure, energy-tiredness, calmness-tension) are influenced by six antecedent appraisals and, in turn, shape attraction or antipathy towards exercise. We report results from three studies (N = 1799) evaluating internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and factorial, convergent, discriminant, construct, and criterion validity. We show that attraction-antipathy correlates with vigorous (0.55) and moderate-to-vigorous (0.48) self-reported physical activity, and accounts for 11–12% and 6–7% of additional variance, respectively, beyond variance explained by self-efficacy and behavioral intention. Affective exercise experiences warrant further study as possible contributors to motivation. The AFFEXX is available from this link: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/EF76R.
•Pleasant and unpleasant exercise experiences may influence exercise motivation.•The absence of a measure of affective exercise experiences has slowed progress.•We developed the 36-item Affective Exercise Experiences (AFFEXX) questionnaire.•We present three studies evaluating the reliability and validity of the AFFEXX.•The AFFEXX accounts for physical activity variance beyond self-efficacy and intentions. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-0292 1878-5476 |