Final Presentation

Harmony West

The Relationship Between Exercise and Anxiety

Final Presentation
  • “It was observed a positive correlation of occupational physical activity with anxiety symptoms score and a negative correlation of leisure-time/ commuting physical activity with depression symptoms score in the sample” (Ribeiro et al. 2020).
  • Then, verbally, generate tension by telling the audience something surprising in light of the image/video/quote/statistic.
  • Thus, I will manipulate duration and exercise and measure the impact on anxiety. I want to know whether duration (y) moderates the impact of exercise (x) on anxiety (z).

Activity

  • Construct definition
    • Is the act of movement that can effect someone’s behavior and emotions.
  • Operational definition
      1. Level 1 of the main IV is exercise
      1. Level 2 of the main IV is reading

Duration

  • Construct definition
    • The length of time that was presented to the participants during the study.
  • Operational definition
      1. Level 1 moderator is activity less than a minute
      1. Level 2 moderator is activity more than a minute

Anxiety

  • Construct definition
    • Feeling uneasiness or nervousness
  • Operational definition
    • We used a survey to conduct research then used ANOVA measure the data.

Hypotheses

Exercise Reading
Activity less than a minute high anxiety low anxiety
Activity more than a minute low anxiety low anxiety

Box Plot Figure

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Bar Graph

Discussion

  • Limitation: We instructed participants on how long they needed to do each activity, but we could not accurately time people.

  • Strength:This research used diverse demographics that participated in the survey.

  • Implication: By using random assignment and having a control variable like reading shows the benefit of exercise relating to anxiety.

  • By using ANOVA, we found that the effect of exercise was not significant in decreasing anxiety.

  • The more than a minute condition has less anxiety than the less than a minute condition.

Exercise is benifical for those who have anxiety

  • In conclusion, exercise benefits those with anxiety. Anxiety decreased in those in the exercise groups. Our findings show research questions that have deduced that the duration does not moderate the impacts of exercise on anxiety. This study shows that exercise can be used as a treatment for anxiety because of the effects on anxiety.
Ribeiro, Fernanda Elisa, Mariana Romanholi Palma, Daniela Tanajura Caldeira Silva, William Rodrigues Tebar, Luiz Carlos Marques Vanderlei, Cristina Elena Prado Teles Fregonesi, and Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro. 2020. “Relationship of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms with the Different Domains of Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Survivors.” Journal of Affective Disorders 273 (August): 210–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.110.