Zhou Junyi, Bai Zhanshuang
School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.
Provincial University Key Laboratory of Sport and Health Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.
Front Psychol. 2023 Mar 9;14:849442. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.849442. eCollection 2023.
Previous studies have shown that brief moderate-intensity aerobic exercise can improve the executive function of healthy adults. The present study sought to examine and compare the effects of brief moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on the executive functions of undergraduates with and without mobile phone addiction.
Thirty-two healthy undergraduates with mobile phone addiction were recruited and randomly assigned to either an exercise or control group. Likewise, 32 healthy undergraduates without mobile phone addiction were recruited and randomly assigned to either an exercise or control group. Participants were asked to perform moderate-intensity aerobic exercise for 15 minutes for the exercise groups. The executive functions of all participants were assessed via the antisaccade task twice (i.e., pre-test and post-test).
The results showed that the saccade latency, variability of saccade latency, and error rate decreased significantly from pre-test to post-test for all participants. More importantly, after the 15-min moderate-intensity aerobic exercise intervention, participants in the exercise groups showed significantly shorter saccade latency than their counterparts in the control groups, regardless of whether they are with mobile phone addiction.
This result is consistent with previous studies demonstrating that brief moderate-intensity aerobic exercise can improve one's executive function. Furthermore, the absence of significant interaction among Time, Group, and Intervention implies that the effects of brief moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on executive function are comparable between participants with and without mobile phone addiction. The present study supports the previous conclusion that brief moderate-intensity aerobic exercise can improve one's executive function effectively, and extends it to the population with mobile phone addiction. In summary, the present study has some implications for understanding of the relationship between exercise, executive function, and mobile phone addiction.
先前的研究表明，简短的中等强度有氧运动可以改善健康成年人的执行功能。本研究旨在检验和比较简短的中等强度有氧运动对有手机成瘾和无手机成瘾的大学生执行功能的影响。
招募了32名有手机成瘾的健康大学生，并随机分为运动组或对照组。同样，招募了32名无手机成瘾的健康大学生，并随机分为运动组或对照组。运动组的参与者被要求进行15分钟的中等强度有氧运动。所有参与者的执行功能通过反眼跳任务进行两次评估（即预测试和后测试）。
结果表明，所有参与者从预测试到后测试，眼跳潜伏期、眼跳潜伏期变异性和错误率均显著降低。更重要的是，在进行15分钟的中等强度有氧运动干预后，运动组的参与者无论是否有手机成瘾，其眼跳潜伏期均显著短于对照组的参与者。
这一结果与先前的研究一致，表明简短的中等强度有氧运动可以改善一个人的执行功能。此外，时间、组和干预之间不存在显著交互作用，这意味着简短的中等强度有氧运动对执行功能的影响在有手机成瘾和无手机成瘾的参与者之间是可比的。本研究支持先前的结论，即简短的中等强度有氧运动可以有效改善一个人的执行功能，并将其扩展到有手机成瘾的人群。总之，本研究对于理解运动、执行功能和手机成瘾之间的关系具有一定的启示意义。
