Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39049947›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in psychology2024

Substantial parallel mediation contribution by cognitive domains in the relationship between adolescents' physical fitness and academic achievements: the Cogni-Action Project.

Carlos Cristi-Montero, Ricardo Martínez-Flores, Juan Pablo Espinoza-Puelles, Anya Doherty, Juan Pablo Zavala-Crichton, Nicolas Aguilar-Farias, Tomas Reyes-Amigo, Vanessa Salvatierra-Calderon, Romualdo Ibáñez, Kabir P Sadarangani

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Carlos Cristi-MonteroIRyS Group, Physical Education School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
Ricardo Martínez-FloresIRyS Group, Physical Education School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
Juan Pablo Espinoza-PuellesIRyS Group, Physical Education School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
Anya DohertyIRyS Group, Physical Education School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
Juan Pablo Zavala-CrichtonFaculty of Education and Social Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile.
Nicolas Aguilar-FariasDepartment of Physical Education, Sports, and Recreation, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
Tomas Reyes-AmigoObservatorio de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, Departamento de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile.
Vanessa Salvatierra-CalderonInstituto Nacional del Fútbol, Deporte y Actividad Física (INAF), Santiago, Chile.
Romualdo IbáñezInstituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso; Millennium Nucleus for the Science of Learning (MiNSoL), Valparaiso, Chile.
Kabir P SadaranganiEscuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud y Odontología, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To determine how cognitive domains mediate the link between fitness components, their global score (GFS), and adolescents' academic achievement (ACA) across various school subjects. Methods: In this study, 1,296 adolescents aged 10-14 participated. GFS was computed by three fitness components (strength, muscular, and cardiorespiratory fitness) through the ALPHA-fitness test battery. ACA was determined by five school subjects (Language, English, Mathematics, Science, and History) and two academic scores (a) "Academic Average" (five subjects) and (b) "Academic-PISA" (Language, Mathematics, and Science). A principal component analysis was performed to establish four factors (working memory [WM], cognitive flexibility [ Results: Overall, the finding showed a full parallel mediation effect for Language (92.5%) and English (53.9%), while a partial mediation for Mathematics (43.0%), Science (43.8%), History (45.9%), "Academic Average" (50.6%), and "Academic-PISA" (51.5%). In particular, WM, IC, and FR mediated all school subjects except mathematics, where IC was not significant. Conclusion: This study underscores the pivotal role of cognitive domains, specifically WM, IC, and FR, in mediating the link between physical fitness and academic performance in adolescents. These insights have relevant implications for educational and public health policies.

Indexed as

academic successchildrenexercisemental healthphysical education

Identifiers

PMID39049947
PMCPMC11267617

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.