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The North Texas Daily
Page 8 Thursday, October 25, 1984
Study examines exercise
Student compares physical, mental relationships
PI:oto by DEBBIE WILLIS
Teri Pistacchio takes her heart rate during a conditioning class
By JOEY RICHARDS
Staff Writer
Have you ever wondered why your roommate can
run five miles and feel good while you're still trying
to get used to climbing the stairs to the second floor
of the dorm? Did you enroll in a conditioning class
this semester only to drop the class because you sud-
denly realized you preferred air conditioning? Teri
Pistacchio, Glendale, Calif., graduate student, would
like to know why.
Pistacchio. 28, is conducting research for her doc-
toral dissertation. "I'm looking at the relationship
between physical fitness and mental health," Pistacchio
said. "We're looking at it from a chronic physical
perspective, meaning, 'Does staying in shape over a
long period of time have an affect on a person's
attitude or mental health in general as opposed to a
person who is not in very good shape?'
"We're also looking at it from an acute perspective:
'Does the person feel better right after the exercise
opposed to before the exercise?' There is a lot of
evidence to support he does, but there are so many
problems with the research in that area that I'm doing
another study to try to alleviate some of these
problems."
Pistacchio's subjects are 4(X) NT students enrolled
in aerobic dance, conditioning, and jogging classes
that meet three days a week. " These are just your
normal college students," she said.
"We're not just looking at the physical fitness
fanatic; we are looking at the people in these classes
who arc enrolled for a variety of reasons. Some are
enrolled to get in shape, but some of them couldn't
get anything else. They couldn't get racquetball, or
whatever, so they got conditioning."
Before the study begins, the students check their
heart rates. "We concentrate on the heart rate. What
we are doing this for, why we are exercising, is not
only for beauty or vanity reasons but to increase the
efficiency of our hearts. So we concentrate on tak-
ing our heart rates and on how monitoring our heart
rates indicates that we are going too fast or too slow."
After a training period in which she explains her
study to the students, Pistacchio gives the students a
psychological test which tests their anxiety and depres-
sion levels.
"It's a anxiety/depression test. 'How do they feel
about their health, mentally and physically? Do they
feel like they are in control or that someone else is
in control of it (their health)?'
"We're trying to assess what people think after
taking vitamins and working out. It also gauges their
attitudes. Why do they work out? Is it for social
reasons because they can interact with their friends?
Is it just for health and fitness, or is it for catharsis
to release energy? How do they feel about physical
activity? Do feel like they can participate or do they
feel klutzy? Another gauge is how much do they
motivate themselves. Do they run for their boyfriends
so they'll look better, or do they just like running to
stay in shape and because they want to be healthy?"
Meanwhile, the physiological or biological part
of the test is also being administered. It includes the
students' performances on a 1.5-mile run and a mea-
surement of body fat.
"These two variables give us the initial assess-
ment of fitness. I look at all these variables. Mean-
while I'll be looking at at the anxiety/depression levels
throughout the semester. Before Thanksgiving I'll
do a final test. The end result will be to develop
a psycho-biological profile. Then I'll look at at these
things and separate them: who's anxious, who's calm,
what people are depressed?
"I'll look at them and see if these two classes of
people differ on psychological variables. What we
think we may find is that those people that are very
self-motivated, in good physical fitness and have a
good attitude toward physical fitness, will be less
anxious and depressed after exercise than those peo-
ple who don't feel that way."
Pistacchio said that most people who join exer-
cise classes drop out after six months and that she
thinks those people who are not feeling a positive
effort are those who arc dropping out.
Her work now is just a study for her dissertation,
yet she said she hopes to use the information when
she graduates in December. "If we can predeter-
mine what people will not benefit from exercise, then
we can identify them before they actually start and
target some program for them ... I want to help
them. I've been heavy before, so I've been there
and 1 know how it feels to be self-conscious."
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Corky says '84 not all for naught
After losing to Texas Christian Uni-
versity 34-3 last Saturday, football coach
Corky Nelson said the 1984 season has
turned out to be both disappointing and
frustrating for him and his team, but lie
said all is not lost.
"We've had so many people injured
this season that a lot of our freshmen
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are getting plenty of playing time, so we
should be looking pretty good next year."
Nelson said.
The NT football team hasn't lost six
games in a row since 1972. The '72
Eagles, coached by Rod Rust, finished
the season with a I-10 record.
Three Eagle players were injured in
the game against TCU, bringing the sea-
son total of injured starters to 10. When
NT plays Southwest Texas State Universi-
ty Saturday night at Fouts Field there will
be 10 freshmen filling the positions. Nel-
son said, "It hurts our offensive strate-
gy when we have to play so many inex-
perienced people. They're so eager to get
in there and play that they make critical
mistakes that wind up hurting you."
The NT Badminton Open is at 10 a.m.
Nov. 3 in the PE Building.
Club president Chris Khoo. Denton
sophomore, said the tournament is open
to NT students and will consist of five
events: men's and women's singles, dou-
bles and mixed doubles.
Plaques will be awarded to first, sec-
ond and third place winners in each event.
The entry ice is S3 for non-members
and $1 for members. Anyone interested
should contact Khoo at 387 1600 or Des-
mond I an. Denton junior, at 566-5127.
The entry deadline is Wednesday.
The club will play Abilene Christian
University Nov. 17 in Abilene.
In the club's last match against Texas
A&M, the men's team won 5 0 and the
women's team lost 2-3.
THIS YEAR'S intramural flag foot-
ball season drew to a close after Wednes-
day's games, which determined the teams
that will lie in the playoffs. Playoffs begin
Sunday. The football playoff meeting is
at 4 p.m. Friday in PE Building 205.
In volleyball action Tuesday. Kappa
Alpha lost to Kappa Signui. Lambda Chi
defeated Sigma Nu, Sig Hps defeated The-
ta Chi and Zeta Tau Alpha beat Alpha
Zcta Delta.
The intramural swim meet starts at 6
p.m. today at the PEB pool.
The racquetball tournament begins at
4 p.m. Friday and continues through Sun
day at the PEB.
NT IS FORMING a junior varsity bas-
ketball team this season The tentative
date for tryouts is at 6 a.in, Monday.
Coach John Gianni said, "The main
reason we are forming a JV team is to
find one or two players on this campus
who were either not recruited alter high
school or who have been late bloomers.
We're hoping we can find some players
who can help our varsity."
THE NT TENNIS team has a two-
week break that coach Steve Buck said
will be used to improve the team's men-
tal toughness.
The break between games was purposc-
Iv done in expectation of the deliver) of
a baby by Buck's wife, Peggy. The arrival
of 7-pound. 11 ounce Emily Lynn last
Thursday was about one week earlier
than expected, giving extra time to pre-
pare for the team's upcoming games.
"Our practices will be geared toward
the weather," Buck said.
"The major problems to be worked
on ate mental." He said he devised and
initiated a program of mental testing and
conditioning. "We need to learn how to
better mentally prepare for matches This
extra time off will give me the opportu-
nity to talk one-on one with the players
as well as work on physical and mental
conditioning."
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Eades, Trent. The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1984, newspaper, October 25, 1984; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth332703/m1/8/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.