Sport Psychology Studies

Sport Psychology Studies

Investigation of predictability of cognitive, attentional and self-perceiving factors among active and inactive women

Document Type : Original research

Authors
Mahsa Soleimani
Seyyed Hojjat Zamani
Mahta Eskandarnejad
department of motor behavior, faculty of physical education and sport sciences, university of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
10.22089/spsyj.2020.7938.1856
Abstract
Positive effects of doing exercise on physiological factors is evident, and findings of cognitive and psychological effects of exercise are expanding. Nowadays, aerobics has become very popular among females. The present study aimed to investigate predictability of aerobics trainers and inactive females via cognitive, perceptual, and attentional variables. To this end, 160 females of Tabriz (19-50 years old) were selected through a random cluster sampling technique. The Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS), spatial cueing test, and short form of Physical Self-Descriptive Questionnaire were used to measure variables and discriminant analysis used for data analyzing. The results showed that all the memory, attention and some of the physical self-perceived features could predict aerobics trainers and inactive females with different percentages; the physical self-perceived variable was the best predictor of aerobics trainers and inactive females. It seems that the effects of exercise on physical self-perception factors is more than cognitive and attention factors.
Keywords
aerobic
memory
spatial cueing
physical self-perception
women
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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 11, Issue 41
Autumn 2022
Pages 63-84

  • Receive Date 07 November 2019
  • Revise Date 17 April 2020
  • Accept Date 27 April 2020