INTERPERSONAL DEFICITS AND TIME SPENT IN EXERCISE OR ACTIVE RECREATION

This study was designed to investigate the hypothesis that people with interpersonal deficits would spend less time in exercise or active re creation. Participants completed a questionnaire about the time spent per week in exercise or active recreation as well as in other activiti es such as reading and watching television. They also completed a ques tionnaire designed to measure both interpersonal and cognitive-percept ual deficits. Interpersonal deficits measured were social anxiety, con stricted affect, and lack of close friends. Cognitive-perceptual defic its measured were perceptual aberration, magical ideation, and ideas o f reference. Analysis showed that interpersonal deficits were related to reduced time spent in exercise or active recreation. Cognitive-perc eptual deficits were not associated with time spent in exercise or act ive recreation.