Abstract
Physical activity (PA)-related mood improvement is important because it positively affects predictors of weight-management behaviors. Decline in PA, mood, and exercise self-efficacy after an initial 6 months of gains were assessed in 93 women in a behavioral obesity treatment. Reduction in change in PA during months 6 to 24, but not actual PA, significantly predicted increased negative mood. For participants whose negative mood increased, their 7 days per week PA regimens were reduced by ∼2.5days per week versus ∼1day per week without an increase. Exercise self-efficacy significantly mediated the PA-mood change relationship. Mood-related benefits of sustaining PA beyond initial treatment months were clarified.
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