Associations between physical activity, motor skills, executive functions and early numeracy in preschoolers

Autor:	Anna Widlund, Anssi Vanhala, Eero Haapala, Arja Sääkslahti, Pirjo Aunio, Airi Hakkarainen
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	cognition kognitio toiminnanohjaus (psykologia) exercise Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation early childhood General Medicine varhaislapsuus academic skills esikouluikäiset matemaattiset taidot Orthopedics and Sports Medicine motoriset taidot fyysinen aktiivisuus
Zdroj:	European Journal of Sport Science. :1-9
ISSN:	1536-7290 1746-1391
DOI:	10.1080/17461391.2022.2092777
Popis:	We investigated direct and indirect cross-sectional associations of physical activity, fundamental motor skills, executive functions, and early numeracy in preschoolers. The participants were 214 preschoolers aged three to five years. Time spent in moderate and vigorous physical activity was measured by hip-worn accelerometers and fundamental motor skills using the tasks assessing locomotor, object control, and stability skills. Inhibition/switching and working memory/updating, as components of executive functions, were assessed by computerized tests and a standardized test was used to assess early numeracy. Path analyses were used to examine direct and indirect associations between the constructs. Our results showed that stability skills were indirectly positively associated with early numeracy through inhibition/switching (β = 0.07, p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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