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Physical Fitness Level Is Related to Attention and Concentration in Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: The main goal of this study was to analyze the relationships among physical fitness, selective attention and concentration in a group of 210 teenagers (43.81% male, 56.19% female) from the city of Málaga (Spain), aged between 11 and 15 years old (M = 13.27, SD = 1.80) that participated in the study. D2 attention test was used in order to analyze selective attention and concentration. Physical fitness was evaluated using the horizontal jump test, the Course Navette test and the 5 × 10 meters speed test. The analysis taken indicated a significant relationship among the physical fitness level, the attention and the concentration, as in the general sample as looking at gender. Linear regression tests performed showed that oxygen consumption is the best predictor of attentional parameters. Cluster analysis shows two groups characterized by a greater or lower physical fitness level. So, the highest physical fitness level group scores better in the attention (e.g., boys: p < 0.001, d' Cohen = 1.01, 95% CI [0.57, 1.44]; girls: p < 0.01, d' Cohen = 0.61, 95% CI [0.24, 0.98]) and the concentration tests (e.g., boys: p < 0.001, d' Cohen = 0.89, 95% CI [0.46, 1.32]; girls: p < 0.01, d' Cohen = 0.58, 95% CI [0.21, 0.95]). Results indicate that physical fitness analysis can be used as a tool for observing differences in the attention and concentration level of the analyzed adolescents, suggesting that a physical performance improvement could be an adequate procedure to develop some cognitive functions during adolescence.

SUBMITTER: Reigal RE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7010910 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Physical Fitness Level Is Related to Attention and Concentration in Adolescents.

Reigal Rafael E RE Moral-Campillo Luna L de Mier Rocío Juárez-Ruiz RJ Morillo-Baro Juan P JP Morales-Sánchez Verónica V Pastrana José L JL Hernández-Mendo Antonio A

Frontiers in psychology 20200204

The main goal of this study was to analyze the relationships among physical fitness, selective attention and concentration in a group of 210 teenagers (43.81% male, 56.19% female) from the city of Málaga (Spain), aged between 11 and 15 years old (<i>M</i> = 13.27, <i>SD</i> = 1.80) that participated in the study. D2 attention test was used in order to analyze selective attention and concentration. Physical fitness was evaluated using the horizontal jump test, the Course Navette test and the 5 × ...[more]

PMID: 32116920

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Physical Fitness Level Is Related to Attention and Concentration in Adolescents.

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