Coping with work stress: Psychological benefits of exercise |
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Authors: | Bonita C. Long Karen R. Flood |
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Affiliation: | a University of British Columbia, |
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Abstract: | Although the health-enhancing effects of physical exercise have been well documented, less is known about how exercise benefits stressed employees psychologically. This article examines exercise as a coping response, and identifies changes in self-schemata (a person's underlying belief systems about him or herself) as the means by which exercise affects coping resources. In addition, by drawing on schema theory and the exercise literature, the active components of an exercise programme and the individuals who might enhance their ability to cope with stress through such a programme are identified. |
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Keywords: | Exercise Work stress Coping Self-schemata |
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