Confiabilidade das escalas de Feeling Scale e Felt Arousal Scale em pessoas idosas

Abstract

Affective responses to physical exercise are receptive to sensory impressions, which can impose constraints on tasks. To measure uncertain affective states in sports and exercise, psychologists and health professionals have at their disposal various questionnaires and scales, including the Felt Arousal Scale and the Feeling Scale. Although these scales are prominent in affect research, their psychometric properties have not yet been tested in the elderly population, limiting their use with this demographic. Thus, the present study aimed to validate these scales with older adults. The sample consisted of 80 volunteers of both sexes (67 women; 37 in resistance training; 43 in functional training; aged 70±9 years) who participated in two data collection sessions with a minimum interval of 15 days between them. During these sessions, participants responded to the following instruments: a) Felt Arousal Scale and Feeling Scale at pre-training, during training (between the 20th and 25th minute), and post-training; b) BORG Scale during training (between the 20th and 25th minute) and post-training; c) Mini-Mental State Examination during the first visit. The results showed very strong to strong correlations for both scales (Feeling Scale: rho = 0.936 during and rho = 0.840 post-training; Felt Arousal: r = 0.967 during and r = 0.887 post-training), as well as the Cronbach's alpha results (Feeling Scale: r = 0.887; Felt Arousal: r = 0.860). It is concluded that the investigated scales are valid instruments for measuring affect and arousal in elderly individuals who engage in physical exercise