Background: Suspension of sports activities during the covid-19 pandemic led to unhealthy lifestyles such as harmful eating habits, low physical activity levels, and mood changes. Objectives: We examined effects on states, habits athletes non-athletes in Iran. Methods: A total 257 elite (n = 82) 175) (29.95 ± 9.1 years) voluntarily participated a web-based survey. Eating disorder symptoms level...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of a 12-hour shift on mood states and sleepiness at the beginning and end of the shift. METHOD Quantitative, cross-sectional and descriptive study.It was conducted with 70 neonatal intensive care unit nurses. The Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS), Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS), and a socio-demographic profile questionnaire were administered. RESULTS When the KSS a...

Background and Objectives: The widespread prevalence of Coronavirus disease the resulting epidemic implementation quarantine has increased anxiety. On other hand, collective tragedies, especially those involving infectious diseases, often increase waves fear anxiety that appear to cause behavioral disturbances threaten mental health many people in population. Therefore, present study aimed inve...

Serving in the military is considered one of most stressful occupations; therefore, because potential mitigation effect resilience has against stressors, it often been incorporated as a component predeployment programmes for soldiers. Consequently, assessing, facilitating and sustaining particular importance environments. The Brief Sailor Resiliency Scale (BSRS) utilised within South African Na...

PURPOSE To determine the effect of intravenous iron supplementation on performance, fatigue and overall mood in runners without clinical iron deficiency. METHODS Fourteen distance runners with serum ferritin 30-100 µg · L(-1) were randomly assigned to receive three blinded injections of intravenous ferric-carboxymaltose (2 ml, 100 mg, IRON) or normal saline (PLACEBO) over four weeks (weeks 0,...

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of extreme environments on mood state changes in hypoxic conditions and cold conditions in comparison to baseline conditions. The research design involved participants completing a two-hour stationary cycle ergometer ride at a simulated altitude of 2,500 metres, O°C, and normal laboratory conditions at a pace equivalent of lactate threshol...

This case study investigated relationships between personality, mood states changes, coping strategies, self-set goals, and self-efficacy in an elite judo player. A transactional perspective of psychological responses over time was used to guide data analysis. The ambient mood is proposed to contribute to the interpretation of, and reaction to, events during competition, which lead to subsequen...

The presumed benefits of exercise/physical activity on the brain are an important public health issue. However, experimental approach to understanding effects physical brain, and more particularly cognitive functions, has only been studied recently. In particular, females remain underrepresented in research, despite having a specific training/exercise adaptation/response. aim present study was ...

In an attempt to test the conceptual model by Lane and Terry, the purposes of this study were 1) to assess mood states in non-depressed and depressed young karate athletes; 2) to assess mood states in relation to performance in young karate athletes. The participants were recruited from the 2004 Malaysian Games (72 males, 19.20 ± 1.16 years; 37 females, 18.78 ± 0.88 years). The athletes were di...

Background: Lavender is one type of medicinal plants which have long been used for different purposes. Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of fragrances of Lavender on the Quality of Sleep, Mood, Team Cohesion and Performance of Women Volleyball Players. Methods: The participants in this study were 24 women volleyball players from Junior Clubs First Championship ...