mentalFIT: The effects of exercise on psychological processes a pilot study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Healthy sample
- Registration Number
- DRKS00023197
- Lead Sponsor
- Eberhard Karls-Universität Tübingen, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für Sportwissenschaft
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Age: 18-29 years
Enrolled in university or technical college
Normal or corrected vision
Exclusion Criteria
Contraindication to exercise (captured by PAR-Q; Adams, 1999).
>1x/week >30 min of exercise of at least moderate intensity at a time, regularly, in the past three months (captured by SIMPAQ; Schilling et al., 2018)
A total of =150 min of moderate-intensity or =75 min of vigorous-intensity physical activity, on average, per week, in the past three months (captured by SIMPAQ; Schilling et al., 2018)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome is executive functions (inhibition: stop-signal-reaction task, working memory: n-back task, set-shifting: trail making test Part B).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcomes are symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress (Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale DASS-21) and subjectively perceived quality of life (World Health Organization Quality of Life - BREF questionnaire on quality of life; WHOQOOL-BREF) at the time point post-intervention and at the time of catamnesis. A further secondary outcome is the difference in executive functions between groups at the time of catamnesis. Control variables will be demographic variables and preferred intervention (at pre-intervention), self-reported exercise (Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire; SIMPAQ) and physical fitness (Shuttle-Run-Test, SRT) (at pre, post, catamnesis) and change in affect (SAM-Mannekin) during the intervention (at three time-points: first session, seventh session, twelfth session). Attendance and average, minimum, and maximum heart rates during the intervention will be recorded at each intervention session.