Why do they exercise less? Barriers to exercise in high-anxiety-sensitive women

Brigitte C. Sabourin; Catherine A. Hilchey; Marie Josée Lefaivre; Margo C. Watt; Sherry H. Stewart

doi:10.1080/16506073.2011.573572

Why do they exercise less? Barriers to exercise in high-anxiety-sensitive women

Brigitte C. Sabourin, Catherine A. Hilchey, Marie Josée Lefaivre, Margo C. Watt, Sherry H. Stewart

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Anxiety sensitivity (AS; fear of arousal sensations) is a risk factor for mental and physical health problems, including physical inactivity. Because of the many mental and physical health benefits of exercise, it is important to better understand why high-AS individuals may be less likely to exercise. The present study's aim was to understand the role of barriers to exercise in explaining lower levels of physical exercise in high-AS individuals. Participants were undergraduate women who were selected as high (n = 82) or low (n = 72) AS. High-AS women participated in less physical exercise and perceived themselves as less fit than low-AS women. Mediation analyses revealed that barriers to exercise accounted for the inverse relationships between AS group and physical exercise/fitness levels. Findings suggest that efforts to increase physical exercise in at-risk populations, such as high-AS individuals, should not focus exclusively on benefits to exercise but should also target reasons why these individuals are exercising less.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	206-215
Número de páginas	10
Publicación	Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Volumen	40
N.º	3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2011.573572
Estado	Published - sep. 2011

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The authors wish to thank Erin Gillis, Emma MacDonald, Alecia Derouin, Brittany Orchard, and Anne Brochu for their assistance with participant recruitment and data collection/entry. The authors also wish to thank Janine Olthuis for her help with the present study. This research was supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council—Sport Canada Research Initiative operating grant to Margo C. Watt. Brigitte C. Sabourin was supported through a Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation doctoral scholarship during part of this research and is now supported through a doctoral fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Sherry H. Stewart was supported through a Killam Research Professorship from the Dalhousie University Faculty of Science at the time this research was conducted.

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