Exercise, Mood and Stress Study

The Exercise4Mood Intervention was designed based on principles from the Exercise for Mood and Anxiety protocol (Smits et al., 2009) and consists primarily of a mobile application called Exercise4Mood. It will be supported by text-messages, delivered through SymTrend, reminding participants about their scheduled exercise sessions and prompting them to engage with the app. Its core features include: motivational tips to encourage exercise, reminders about scheduled exercise, tracking of exercise behavior, tracking of mood before, during, and after exercise, and post-exercise positive reinforcement statements.