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Positive affect, exercise and self-reported health in blue-collar women

Kristine Susan Kelsey¹, Brenda McEvoy DeVellis, Munni Begum

¹Center for Development and Learning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Kristine.Kelsey@cdl.unc.edu

American Journal of Health Behavior

|March 15, 2006

Abstract

Objectives:

To determine if positive affect is related to the self-reported health and health behaviors of blue-collar women.

Methods:

Analysis of baseline survey data of 1093 women participating in a worksite health promotion intervention at 12 workplaces in 5 rural counties.

Results:

Positive affect was related to women's self-reported health and exercise. Also, positive coping behaviors were related to exercise.

Conclusions:

These findings suggest that incorporating strategies to encourage positive emotional states and positive coping into health promotion interventions might be helpful for improving women's levels of physical activity and overall reported health.

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