Feuerhahn, N., Sonnentag, S., &Woll, A. (2014). Exercise after work, psychological mediators, and affect: A day-level study.
In this diary study, we tested the recovery potential of exercise activities during leisure time and examined the psychological mechanisms underlying the relation between exercise activities and affect. We hypothesized that spending time on exercise activities after work will be related to subsequent affect in the evening, and that psychological detachment from work, sense of belonging, and physical self-perceptions explain why exercise activities are related ...