Affect after team and individual exercise form

Research on 120 exercisers involved in team (60) and individual (60) exercises. We measured affect before and after an equal bout of exercise session. While apart exhaustion, positive affective states increased after individual exercise, they decreased after team exercises. These results indicate that the different attentional/mental processes during the exercise session determine the affect experienced after exercise. If one aims to feel better after exercise, individual forms of workout may be more beneficial than team exercises.本研究共纳入120名运动受试者，分为团队运动组（60人）与个人运动组（60人）。研究人员测量了两组受试者在等量运动前后的情感（affect）状态。结果显示，除却疲劳感之外，个人运动后受试者的积极情感水平有所提升，而团队运动后其积极情感水平则出现下降。本研究结果表明，运动过程中不同的注意力分配与心理活动过程，决定了运动后个体所体验到的情感状态。若期望在运动后获得更佳的情绪体验，个人运动形式相较团队运动或许更具益处。