A Validation Study for the German Versions of the Feeling Scale and the Felt Arousal Scale for a Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise

The aim of the present study is to prove construct validity German versions Feeling Scale (FS) and Felt Arousal (FAS) for a progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) exercise. A total 228 sport science students conducted PMR exercise 45 min completed FS, FAS, Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) in pre-test–post-test design. significant decrease arousal (t(227) = 8.296, p < 0.001) increase pleasure 4.748, were observed. For convergent validity, correlations between FS subscale SAM-P valence dimension (r 0.67, FAS SAM-A 0.31, significant. discriminant different constructs (FS SAM-A, SAM-P) not significant, whereas analysis revealed negative correlation −0.15, 0.001). Together, pattern results confirms use measure affective response