A Validation Study of the German Versions of the Feeling Scale and the Felt Arousal Scale for a Passive Relaxation Technique (Autogenic Training)

To measure the affective responses during high-intensity and moderate-intensity exercises, single-item questionnaires Feeling Scale (FS) Felt Arousal (FAS) are often used. The aim of present study was to examine validation German versions FS FAS by Maibach et al. (2020) for autogenic training (AT), which is an exercise addressing lowest end physical activation. Therefore, 224 participants (135 females 89 males, mean age = 21.8 ± 2.2) took part in a 45-minute AT exercise. Before after exercise, they completed three questionnaires: Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) Bradley Lang (1994). subscale pleasure (SAM-P) arousal (SAM-A) SAM were used self-other comparison proof construct validity FAS. For convergent validity, results show positive significant correlations between SAM-P (r 0.62, p 2 0.38) SAM-A 0.25, 0.06). discriminant SAM-A, as well did not correlate significantly, whereas negative correlation found -0.20, 0.04). pattern confirms translations passive relaxation technique AT.