While the French policy was intensely criticized, both within and outside France, it was immensely popular with workers, who reported enjoying the extra time for leisure and to be with their families.
Mr. Zurkow reported enjoying the time with his children, ages 9, 4 and 3, but also developing a newfound appreciation for the job his wife, Erica, does managing three small children and the household.
Although their ratings of perceived exertion, or sense of the discomfort of each individual interval, are high and probably accurate, averaging a 7 or higher on a 10-point scale, they report enjoying the entire sessions more than longer, continuous moderate exercise, Dr. MacDonald said.
In virtually all of the studies, the volunteers reported enjoying the outside activity more and, on subsequent psychological tests, scored significantly higher on measures of vitality, enthusiasm, pleasure and self-esteem and lower on tension, depression and fatigue after they walked outside.
One is how bad we are at "affective forecasting", or predicting what will make us happy: when asked by researchers to imagine talking to someone on the train or bus, plenty of people are appalled; when asked actually to do it, they report enjoying the journey more.
Fully 65% of respondents reported enjoying driving.
Students generally reported enjoying the project and displayed some pride in their finished product.
Students in the physical treatment reported enjoying the activity significantly more than students in the virtual treatment (Fig. 2).
However, students from the virtual group reported enjoying the class more, being more engaged, and having greater intentions to participate than students from the traditional group.
