Gawrilow Caterina, Stadler Gertraud, Langguth Nadine, Naumann Alexander, Boeck Antje
Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany Center for Research on Education and Human Development DIPF, Germany
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
J Atten Disord. 2016 Feb;20(2):151-62. doi: 10.1177/1087054713493318. Epub 2013 Jul 26.
To examine the role of physical activity in determining the affect and executive functioning of children with symptoms of ADHD.
In Study 1, the association between physical activity and affect in the daily lives of children with varying degrees of hyperactivity was examined. In Study 2, children with ADHD were randomly assigned a physical activity or a sedentary task before working on a task requiring executive control.
Lack of physical activity was shown to relate to depressed affect, more strongly in participants with severe hyperactivity symptoms (Study 1). The physically active participants showed improved executive functioning after only 5 min of vigorous activity; the sedentary control participants showed no improvement (Study 2).
These results indicate that interventions to increase the level of physical activity in children with and without ADHD might improve affect and executive functioning.
探讨体育活动在确定患有多动症症状儿童的情绪和执行功能方面的作用。
在研究1中,研究了不同程度多动儿童日常生活中体育活动与情绪之间的关联。在研究2中,患有多动症的儿童在进行需要执行控制的任务之前,被随机分配进行体育活动或久坐任务。
研究1表明,缺乏体育活动与情绪低落有关,在有严重多动症状的参与者中这种关联更强。仅进行5分钟剧烈活动后,进行体育活动的参与者执行功能得到改善;久坐的对照组参与者则没有改善(研究2)。
这些结果表明,增加患有和未患有多动症儿童体育活动水平的干预措施可能会改善情绪和执行功能。