Do Physically Literate Adolescents Have Better Academic Performance?
| Autor: | Tsz Lun Alan Chu, Tao Zhang, Xiangli Gu, Xiaoxia Zhang, Katherine T. Thomas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Adolescent Physical activity Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Developmental psychology Physical education 03 medical and health sciences Executive Function 0302 clinical medicine Physical literacy Academic Performance Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Prospective Studies Child Competence (human resources) Exercise Psychomotor learning Schools Cognition 030229 sport sciences Sensory Systems Adolescent Behavior Motor Skills Physical Fitness Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Perceptual and motor skills. 126(4) |
| ISSN: | 1558-688X |
| Popis: | This study examined the relationship between physical literacy (i.e., motor competence, physical activity, and health-related fitness) and academic performance (i.e., executive function, class attendance, and standardized test scores) among adolescents. Second, we investigated whether these relationships differ between boys and girls using a structural invariable test. Using a prospective research design, we recruited 330 adolescents (154 boys and 176 girls; Mage = 12.52 years, SD = 0.86) in Texas and conducted correlational analyses, finding that physical literacy variables were significantly related to executive function (while the rs range was from −.16 to −.30, the high scores on the instrument we used, the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, indicate higher risks for executive dysfunction; p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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