Changes in Feeling States Following Aquatic Exercise During Pregnancy

Curt L Lox; Darren C. Treasure

doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02494.x

Changes in Feeling States Following Aquatic Exercise During Pregnancy

Curt L Lox, Darren C. Treasure

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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Abstract

Forty-four pregnant women participated in water aerobics 2 times per week for a period of 6 weeks, with each session lasting approximately 45 min. The hypothesis that participants would report greater feelings of positive well-being and less psychological distress and fatigue during the 6-week program as compared to preprogram reports was supported. Also supporting our hypothesis, similar improvements were noted following a single bout of exercise during each week of the program. Taken together, the results of the present study suggest that regular engagement in an aquatic exercise program is associated with improvements in positive feeling states and reductions in negative feeling states and fatigue for women during pregnancy.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	518-527
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Volume	30
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02494.x
State	Published - Mar 2000
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

P2P
Aquatic exercise
water aerobics
psychological distress
therapy
fatigue

Disciplines

Sports Sciences

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