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SUBMITTER: Paez-Maldonado JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7504082 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Páez-Maldonado José A JA Reigal Rafael E RE Morillo-Baro Juan P JP Carrasco-Beltrán Hernaldo H Hernández-Mendo Antonio A Morales-Sánchez Verónica V
International journal of environmental research and public health 20200827 17
The purpose of the current study is to analyze the relationships between physical fitness, selective attention, and academic performance in pre-teens. The sample here consists of 135 participants between the ages of 10 and 12 (M = 11.05; SD <i>=</i> 0.61), with 39.26% female (<i>n</i> = 53) and 60.74% male (<i>n</i> = 82) participants. Horizontal and vertical jump distances, speed, and cardio-respiratory fitness were evaluated to assess physical fitness. The d2 Test of Attention was used to eval ...[more]