TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gerber, Markus
A1  - Ehrbar, Janine
A1  - Brand, Ralf
A1  - Antoniewicz, Franziska
A1  - Brand, Serge
A1  - Colledge, Flora
A1  - Donath, Lars
A1  - Egger, Stephan T.
A1  - Hatzinger, Martin
A1  - Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith
A1  - Imboden, Christian
A1  - Schweinfurth, Nina
A1  - Vetter, Stefan
A1  - Ludyga, Sebastian
T1  - Implicit attitudes towards exercise and physical activity behaviour among in-patients with psychiatric disorders
JF  - Mental Health and Physical Activity
N2  - The current body of evidence suggests that in healthy participants, implicit attitudes towards physical activity explain variance in exercise behaviour beyond explicit cognitive processes. However, such relationships have not been examined in psychiatric patients, although this may contribute to a better understanding of the motivational and volitional resources needed to self-regulate their exercise behaviour. Therefore, the present cross-sectional study aimed to assess implicit attitudes towards exercise among psychiatric in-patients, and to correlate these implicit attitudes with their physical activity levels. Patients (N = 101) showing a psychiatric disorder, but no severe cognitive impairment, were directly recruited from psychiatric clinics. Their physical activity levels were assessed using both accelerometers and self-reports. Additionally, patients reported psychiatric symptoms and performed a single-target implicit association test (ST-IAT) with exercise employed as the target category. Of all patients, 39% showed a preference for exercise, whereas 13% showed an aversion towards exercise. The implicit attitudes of the remaining participants were equally strong for both concepts. Based on correlational analysis (correcting for age, sex, psychiatric symptoms severity, and ST-IAT sequence), no association was found between ST-IAT score, or self-reported and objectively assessed physical activity. Consequently, the link between exercise behaviour and implicit attitudes towards physical activity found in healthy participants could not be observed in psychiatric patients.
KW  - Accelerometry
KW  - Automatic evaluation
KW  - Dual mode theory
KW  - Physical activity
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2018.08.001
SN  - 1755-2966
VL  - 15
SP  - 71
EP  - 77
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -