How does mindfulness shape affective experience during exercise? A think-aloud study of real-time psychological processes.
Psychology of Sport And Exercise July 1, 2026 Jiao Liu, Jian-Fen Pan, Wen-Jing Liu et al.
Positive affect during exercise is a key predictor of continued participation, yet the mechanisms through which mindfulness-based exercise influences affect remain largely inferred from retrospective, outcome-focused designs. This study used a think-aloud (TA) methodology to capture consciously accessible, moment-to-moment experience during exercise and to test whether a single bout of...