exercise and mental health Flashcards
(9 cards)
APFC of Lewis Annet and Davenport
aim- examine effect of done on mood in elderly people with parkinsons over 12 weeks and over an hour
37 pps from Hertfordshire, UK, 22pps had mild to moderate parkinsons
both males and females
all age matched
volunteer sampling, local advertisements and informed consent
used matched pairs and repeated measures
iv- parkinsons or not
iv- week 1 or week 12 and before class or after class
dv- pps mood scores
pps filled out questionaire and poms
attended weekly dance class for 10 weeks
last 50 mins, 30 mins acc dancing
all classes appropriate for age, mobility and contraints, could sit down if wanted
style changed every 2 week, bollywood, tango etc
2 seperate but identical classes
in 9th week did BRUMS test and in 12th week completed poms again
results-
10 weeks- angler decline significantly, as well as anxiety and tension
one dance class- 100% reported improved mood, TMD scores improved significnantly impvoed
conclusions-dance improves mental health, has physioloigcal and mental benefits
nature nurture exercise and mental health
nurture-
Lewis dance is in environment
strength- usefulness, encourage dance class
weakness- determinisim, ignores role of free will
nature-
Boecker- objective measures
strength-science, objective measures PET scan
weakness- reductionist, incomplete explanation
free will determinism excercise and mental health
free will- Lewis
choose to attend dance class
strength- ethical, acknowledges individuals have a choice, doesn;t deprive them of liberty, upholds respect
weaknessp- unscientific, an inidividuals choice is not something that cannot be qunaitified or an objective measure, no cause and effect
Boecker determinism
after a run predetermined to have increased endorphins
strengthh-useful, practical applications, encourage people to go on runs
weakness- reductionist, incomplete explanation
reductionism holism exercise and mental health
reductionism- Lewis, situational dance is in the envionment
scientific- infer cause and effect
weakness- incomplete explanation, low internal validiity
holism- peluso identified 3 possible explanations for why exercise is beneficial for mental health, biological (distraction hypothesis), cognitive (self efficiacy) and social (social interaction)
useful- when creating an exercise group, make sure includes all 3 hyptoehsis
weakness- determinism, ignores role of free will that indiivduals are relying on external aspects to help their mental health and is not in their own control.
ethnocentrism (exercise and mental health)
yes- Lewis
37 uk hertfordshire, 22 pd pateints
strength- lack of individual diffs, high internal validty
but
weakness- low population validity, ungeneralisable
no- universal
peluso 3 psychological explanations
strength- useful, can be implemented worldwide
weakness- low ecological validty, not going to be representatove of all cultures,
ethics exercise and mental health
lewis yes informed consent, volunteer sampling
strength- ethical, encourages future funding
counter
weakness- demand characrerists, know true aim
De moor - 19000 dutch pps
had to fill in self report about mental health, may have been triggerring, no protection from harm
weakness- deters future pps
counter
strength- ethical, for the greater good, useful, found ppl who exercise more have less anxiety and depression
lewis- 2 dropped out, protection of pps, not enjoyed it
science exercise and mental health
Boecker- objective measures
strength- improves rep as psych as science, infer cause and effect etc.
weakness- reductionist approach, incomplete
Lewis- natural environment, dance class
weakness- hard to control situational variabels etc.
counter
strenght is high ecological validity, increasing usefulness
usefulness exercise and mental health
practical applications- Lewis,
useful- encourage dance class to improve mental health
counter
weakness- natural environmental, so low control cant directly infer dance class was what improved mental health
Boecker-
ethnocentric sample, 10 runners from USA
weakness- low population validity, pracitcal applicant only applicable to western culture
counter
strength- nature, biologically endorphins are universal, running increases them can be encoruaged everywhere
strategies for exercise and mental health
dance class
lewis
run club
boecker - increased endorphins
