Association of Physical Fitness with Intelligence and Academic Achievement in Adolescents
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Gil Espinosa, Francisco Javier; Chillón Garzón, Palma; Fernández-García, José Carlos; Cadenas Sánchez, CristinaEditorial
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Materia
Cardiorespiratory fitness Flexibility Strength Cognition Academic performance Youth
Date
2020-06-18Referencia bibliográfica
Gil-Espinosa, F. J., Chillón, P., Fernández-García, J. C., & Cadenas-Sanchez, C. (2020). Association of Physical Fitness with Intelligence and Academic Achievement in Adolescents. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(12), 4362. [doi: 10.3390/ijerph17124362 ]
Patrocinador
Junta of Andalusia by the educational research "General intelligence, academic achievement and fitness: Cross-sectional and longitudinal study" PIV 006/17; Government of Andalusian, Integrated Territorial Initiative 2014-2020 for the province of Cadiz PI-0002-2017; Spanish Government FJC2018-037925-IRésumé
Physical fitness, intelligence and academic achievement are being studied from a
multidisciplinary perspective. In this line, studies to advance our understanding of intelligence and
academic achievement could be relevant for designing school-based programs. Our study analyzed
the relationship between components of physical fitness including cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular
strength and flexibility and general intelligence and academic achievement in adolescents. We
recruited 403 adolescents (53.6% boys) with a mean age of 13.7 ± 1.2 years from a secondary school
in Spain with a medium socioeconomic status, during the 2015/2016 school year. Cardiorespiratory
fitness was assessed by the 20-m shuttle run, muscular strength with the standing long jump test and
flexibility with the sit-and-reach test. General intelligence was measured by both the D48 and the
Raven tests. School grades were used to determine academic achievement. Linear regression analyses
showed that cardiorespiratory fitness was positively associated with intelligence in both the D48
(all β ≥ 0.184, p ≤ 0.016) and the Raven tests (all β ≥ 0.183, p ≤ 0.024). Muscular strength, flexibility
and overall fitness were not associated with intelligence (all β ≤ 0.122, p ≥ 0.139). Cardiorespiratory
fitness, muscular strength and flexibility were positively associated with academic achievement (all
β ≥ 0.089, p ≤ 0.038), except muscular strength, which was not significantly associated with Spanish
language or mathematics, (all β ≤ 0.050, p ≥ 0.200). Overall, cardiorespiratory fitness was positively
associated with intelligence and academic achievement.