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Exercise And Mood: Exploring The Role Of Exercise In Regulating Stress Reactivity In Bipolar Disorder, Teresa M. Edenfield
Exercise And Mood: Exploring The Role Of Exercise In Regulating Stress Reactivity In Bipolar Disorder, Teresa M. Edenfield
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Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a recurrent and debilitating psychological disorder characterized by a chronic dysregulation of mood with fluctuations between extremely low (e.g., depression) and extremely elevated mood states (e.g., mania), and ranks as the 6th leading cause of disability in the world. Although research has consistently shown that exercise may have antidepressant and stress-attenuating benefits in other psychiatric illnesses (e.g., depression, anxiety), these benefits have not been directly investigated for BD. The current study represents the first known investigation to examine this relationship. Single-participant designs, with crossover and interaction treatment components (i.e., A/B/A/B/A, A/C/A/C/A, A/B/A/C/A, or A/C/A/B/A) were utilized …