Key result
The German versions of the Feeling Scale and Felt Arousal Scale demonstrated convergent validity for autogenic training, showing significant positive correlations with the Self-Assessment Manikin.
Why the study?
The Feeling Scale and Felt Arousal Scale are often used during exercise, but the validity of their German versions needed evaluation for autogenic training addressing the lowest end of physical activation.
Observational (n=224)
No
The German translations of the Feeling Scale and the Felt Arousal Scale are valid instruments for measuring affective responses during low-intensity passive relaxation techniques like autogenic training.
German FS/FAS may aid affective monitoring in autogenic training; extends validation to low-activation settings but leaves adoption open.
To measure the affective responses during high-intensity and moderate-intensity exercises, the single-item questionnaires Feeling Scale (FS) and Felt Arousal Scale (FAS) are often used. The aim of the present study was to examine the validation of the German versions of the FS and the FAS by Maibach et al. (2020) for autogenic training (AT), which is an exercise addressing the lowest end of physical activation. Therefore, 224 participants (135 females and 89 males, mean age = 21.8 ± 2.2) took part in a 45-minute AT exercise. Before and after the exercise, they completed three questionnaires: The FS and the FAS by Maibach et al. (2020) and the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) by Bradley and Lang (1994). The subscale pleasure (SAM-P) and the subscale arousal (SAM-A) of the SAM were used for a self-other comparison to proof the construct validity for the FS and the FAS. For the convergent validity, the results show positive significant correlations between the FS and SAM-P (r = 0.62, p 2 = 0.38) and the FAS and SAM-A (r = 0.25, p 2 = 0.06). For the discriminant validity, the FS and SAM-A, as well as the FAS and SAM-P did not correlate significantly, whereas a negative significant correlation was found between the FS and the FAS (r = -0.20, p 2 = 0.04). The pattern of results confirms the validity of the German translations of the FS and the FAS for the passive relaxation technique AT.
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Thorenz et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Healthy (Sport Science Students) (n=224). Autogenic Training vs. Pre-exercise baseline was evaluated on Convergent validity of the Feeling Scale (FS) with the Self-Assessment Manikin pleasure subscale (SAM-P) (r = 0.62, p=<0.001). The German versions of the Feeling Scale and Felt Arousal Scale demonstrated convergent validity for autogenic training, showing significant positive correlations with the Self-Assessment Manikin.
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