Self-Awareness and Coping Style: Differential Effects of Mild Physical Exercise

Publisher Summary This chapter presents a study focusing on self-awareness and coping style. By using a multidimensional model of activation (arousal), the long-term effect of mild exercise (10 minute treadmill walk) was investigated in the chapter. Additionally, the habitual coping style and self-awareness of the subjects were assessed using a questionnaire technique. N = 40 male and female introductory psychology students served as subjects. The session for each subject lasted two hours with measures taken every 10 minutes on the self-report dimensions of the activation–deactivation adjective checklist and physiological indicators, such as heart rate, pulse volume amplitude, and skin cond…