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An individual participant data meta-analysis of how physical activity relates to affective well-being in daily life

Rehder, Johanna; Timm, Irina ORCID iD icon 1; Berretz, Gesa; Reinhard, Iris; Neubauer, Andreas B.; Güntürkün, Onur; Takano, Keisuke; Bierbauer, Walter; Cabrita, Miriam; Bourke, Matthew; Smyth, Joshua; Kim, Jinhyuk; Michalak, Johannes; Curtiss, Joshua; Pannicke, Björn; Gallagher, Jacob B.; Abrantes, Ana M.; Nakamura, Toru; Yamamoto, Yoshiharu; ... mehr

Abstract:

Physical inactivity constitutes a pressing societal problem. To realize physical activity’s (PA) potential as a key health resource, mechanisms of PA engagement need to be understood. Laboratory and interventional studies documented that exercise relates to affective well-being (AWB) and suggested that AWB may shape PA behaviour. Digitalization enabled the investigation of how PA relates to AWB in everyday life, but findings from individual studies are ambiguous. Here we compiled 67 datasets (55.2% of eligible records) including 321,345 smartphone-based AWB ratings and nearly 1,000,000 h of accelerometer-measured PA (N = 8,223 participants) until December 2023 to clarify the nature and extent of PA–AWB associations. One- and two-stage individual participant data meta-analyses reveal that momentary AWB is associated with both prior (within, r = 0.05, 99.2% confidence intervals (CI) 0.03 to 0.06; between, r = 0.08, 99.2% CI 0.04 to 0.12) and subsequent (within, r = 0.04, 99.2% CI 0.03 to 0.05; between, r = 0.08, 99.2% CI 0.04 to 0.13) short-term PA in everyday life. Within persons, PA displays a positive association with energetic arousal, positive affective states and valence, yet a negative relation to calmness. ... mehr


Verlagsausgabe §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000193735
Veröffentlicht am 01.06.2026
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-026-02427-2
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft (IfSS)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsdatum 06.05.2026
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2397-3374
KITopen-ID: 1000193735
Erschienen in Nature Human Behaviour
Verlag Nature Research
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