Effects of Hiit Associated With Emotional Regulation on Negative Emotions

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Cognitive Reassessment Strategy; High Intensity Exercise
• Interventions: Other: placebo group; Other: HIIT group; Other: HIIT and Cognitive Reassessment; Other: Emotional regulation strategy group

• Registration Number: NCT05508685
• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of Paraíba

Brief Summary

Despite the benefits of physical exercise, the population does not adhere to the recommended levels of physical activity. The reported difficulties in starting and maintaining a physical exercise program are attributed to personal barriers and lack of motivation. Thus, there is an urgent need for efficient intervention proposals to increase engagement in daily physical exercise. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a promising and economical method, aiming at the development of efforts at high, maximum or supramaximal intensity, based on several methods: calisthenics (using the body's own strength) resistance (heavy objects, bars or devices for high-repetition resistance activities) and traditional (exercise modalities such as running and cycling). Emotional regulation (ER) is essential for the psychosocial well-being of human beings and is defined as the ability to influence, experience and express emotions, being an action, conscious or not, that directly modulates emotions and alters their nature as the intensity and duration. Regular physical exercise has been attributed to a reduction in depression symptoms, an increase in emotional well-being and a reduction in negative feelings. In addition to physical exercise, the use of cognitive reassessment to regulate emotions was positively associated with a decrease in negative affect in psychopathological diagnoses.

Detailed Description

Main goal

To evaluate the effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) associated with a cognitive reassessment strategy on negative emotions in sedentary women.

Specific objectives

Evaluate and compare the positive and negative affective of women in three moments; Evaluate and compare the intensity and valence of emotions in three moments; Investigate possible associations between emotion dysregulation and emotion regulation strategies in positive and negative affect; Investigate and compare HIIT intensity and emotion regulation strategy in pleasure and displeasure during physical exercise during practice.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Study First Submitted: 2022-08-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-08-18
• Study First Posted: 2022-08-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-20
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-24
• Study Start: 2022-09-30
• Primary Completion: 2022-10-31
• Study Completion: 2022-11-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 1

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group No exercise and cognitive reassessment	placebo group	This group will only be evaluated in pre and post, without intervention.
HIIT Group	HIIT group	The HITT group will receive only the exercise without cognitive reassessment
HIIT and Cognitive Reassessment	HIIT and Cognitive Reassessment	The experimental group will receive high-intensity interval training associated with cognitive reassessment
Emotional regulation strategy group	Emotional regulation strategy group	This group will receive only cognitive reassessment strategy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Positive and Negative Affect Scale	Fifteen days	Each item is rated on a five-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 = Very Slightly or Not at all to 5 = Extremely, to measure the extent to which affect was experienced in a specified period of time.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feeling Scale	Fifteen days	The feeling scale was used to assess affective valence. The 11-point bipolar scale ranging from very bad (-5) to very good (+5), with anchors at Neutral (0) and all odd integers, including bad (-3), fairly bad (-1), reasonably good (+1) and good (+3).
Self Assessment Manikin	Fifteen days	The Self-Assessment Mannequin (SAM) is a non-verbal pictorial assessment technique that directly measures pleasure, arousal, and mastery associated with a person's affective reaction to a wide variety of stimuli. The reports are subjective to measure a series of images that varied in both valence and affective intensity.
The Perceived Effort Scale	Fifteen days	Borg's Perceived Exertion Rating (RPE) is a way of measuring the intensity level of physical activity. These include a rating of 6 perceiving "no exertion" to 20 perceiving a "maximum exertion" of exertion. Practitioners generally agree that perceived exertion ratings between 12 and 14 on the Borg Scale suggest that physical activity is being performed at a moderate level of intensity.