Tag: Young Adults

Research by PESSJun 28, 20229:50 am

Depression 101: Prevalence, Burden, and the Role of Exercis Darragh O’Sullivan.

Health Disclaimer This blog provides general information about depression and exercise which should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice. If you or any others are experiencing depression, you should seek treatment […]

Research by PESSApr 21, 20228:58 am

Publication: Physical activity and analogue generalized anxiety disorder status among young adults: Potential role of exercise expectations

Research Impact: Expectations for psychological responses to exercise may influence anxiety responses to exercise, particularly as mechanisms of placebo/nocebo effects, but remain poorly studied. Thus, we explored the interplay between expectations and physical activity among […]

Research by PESSJan 18, 202112:10 pm

Publication: Physical activity and analogue anxiety disorders: mediating influence of social physique anxiety

Research Impact: We examined unstudied associations between subclinical anxiety disorder symptoms and status and potential mediating effects of social physique anxiety among 470 young adults (298 female). Symptoms and odds of Analogue Generalized Anxiety Disorder […]

Research by PESSDec 21, 20206:49 am

Publication: The effects of ecologically-valid resistance exercise training among young adults with analogue Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Research Impact: We quantified the effects of eight weeks of WHO and ACSM guidelines-based resistance exercise training (RET), compared to a wait-list control, among 44 young adults with subclinical, or analogue GAD AGAD). Participants significantly […]

Research by PESSOct 28, 20204:07 pm

Publication: Resistance exercise training for anxiety and worry symptoms among young adults

Research Impact: This trial quantified the effects of ecologically-valid ACSM and WHO guidelines-based resistance exercise training (RET) on anxiety and worry symptoms among young adults. Young adults not meeting criteria for subclinical, or analogue Generalized […]

Research by PESSApr 16, 20204:29 pm

Publication: Sprint interval training in men with and without elevated worry

Research Impact: Psychological consequences of sprint interval training (SIT), a potential time-efficient exercise strategy for which physiological adaptations are supported, is understudied, particularly effects on anxiety-related constructs. This is the first investigation of state anxiety […]