ArticleBioMed research international2017
Effects of Structured Physical Activity Program on Chinese Young Children's Executive Functions and Perceived Physical Competence in a Day Care Center.
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- Physical activity interventions among children and adolescents in China: a scoping review through an equity lens.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Review
- The Role of Timing and Amount of Outdoor Play in Emotional Dysregulation in Preschool Children.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- How Does a 12-Week Physical Exercise Program Affect the Motor Proficiency and Cognitive Abilities of Overweight and Normal-Weight Preschool Children?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effect of Physical Exercise in Real-World Settings on Executive Function of Typical Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Physical activity and the development of general mental health problems or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children and adolescents: A cross-lagged panel analysis of long-term follow-up epidemiological data.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Article
- Effect of classroom-based physical activity interventions on attention and on-task behavior in schoolchildren: A systematic review.Sports medicine and health science · 2021Review
- Home-Based Exergaming on Preschoolers' Energy Expenditure, Cardiovascular Fitness, Body Mass Index and Cognitive Flexibility: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- Effects of Exergaming on Preschoolers' Executive Functions and Perceived Competence: A Pilot Randomized Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine the effects of a structured physical activity program on executive functions and perceived physical competence as compared to a traditional recess among preschool children.
methodsParticipants were 40 preschool children aged 4-5 from an urban child care center in a southern Chinese metropolitan area. Prior to the intervention, baseline assessments of children's executive functions and perceived physical competence were conducted. Children were then assigned to (1) intervention condition: a structured physical activity intervention group; (2) control condition: free-activity recess. The structured physical activity or recess programs were provided to the intervention and control groups 30 minutes daily for 3 months, respectively, followed by the identical postintervention measures.
resultsThirty-nine children (19 girls; mean age = 4.67 years old, BMI = 15.54 ± 1.21) were included in the analysis. In general, children's executive functions and perceived physical competence increased over time. Repeated measures analysis of variance revealed the intervention group had significant greater increases in executive functions compared to the control children (
conclusionThe intervention exerted significant greater increases in executive functions in preschool children. It is meaningful to offer structured physical activity programs in day care centers.
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