Does self-selected music effect attentional focus, affective response, perceived exertion and running performance time in parkrun?

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Event Abstract Back to Event Does self-selected music effect attentional focus, affective response, perceived exertion and running performance time in parkrun? Briony P. Kent1*, Christian Swann1 and Christopher J. Stevens2 1 Department of Psychological Science, School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Australia 2 School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Australia Aim: One crucial challenge for public health is finding effective ways to combat the rise of physical inactivity. Self-selected music has become an obvious strategy to help individuals stick with exercise given its accessibility and popularity among exercisers. Self-selected music is a useful method to encourage a dissociative focus of attention during exercise that could improve the experience of exercise. The majority of existing literature, however, has used a predetermined selection of music by the experimenter largely independent of the participant’s preference and choice for the exercise activity. The aim of this study was therefore to examine the effects of self-selected music on psychological and psychophysical variables and performance compared to no music in recreational runners during an outdoor competitive running event. Method: Recreational runners (male=16; female=30; age= 19-59, M=33.1), completed a timed outdoor 5-kilometre running event on two separate occasions in a randomised and counterbalanced order: (i) listening to self-selected music, or (ii) no music. After the completion of each run, participants rated their perceived exertion, and affect, and completed an attentional focus questionnaire. Heart rate and music preference was also measured. Hypotheses: It was hypothesised that listening to self-selected music would lead to higher affect responses, lower perceived exertion ratings, and improved running performance times compared to no-music. It was also hypothesised that attentional focus would vary by music-condition, with music creating a shift towards a more dissociative focus of attention with lower reported distress. Conclusion: If these hypotheses were supported, this study could have implications for improving the experience of exercise. Keywords: Self-Selected Music, attentional focus, exercise performance, perceived exertion, Affective response Conference: 15th Annual Psychology Honours Research Conference , Coffs Harbour, Australia, 4 Oct - 5 Oct, 2018. Presentation Type: Research Topic: Abstract for 15th Annual Psychology Honours Research Conference Citation: Kent BP, Swann C and Stevens CJ (2019). Does self-selected music effect attentional focus, affective response, perceived exertion and running performance time in parkrun?. Front. Psychol. Conference Abstract: 15th Annual Psychology Honours Research Conference . doi: 10.3389/conf.fpsyg.2018.74.00013 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 18 Sep 2018; Published Online: 27 Sep 2019. * Correspondence: Ms. Briony P Kent, Department of Psychological Science, School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia, b.kent.22@student.scu.edu.au Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Briony P Kent Christian Swann Christopher J Stevens Google Briony P Kent Christian Swann Christopher J Stevens Google Scholar Briony P Kent Christian Swann Christopher J Stevens PubMed Briony P Kent Christian Swann Christopher J Stevens Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.