Department of Educational Sciences and Sports Psychology, Faculty of Physical Education, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan.
Department of Educational Sciences and Sports Psychology, Faculty of Physical Education, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; Department of Physical Education, College of Education, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
Prog Brain Res. 2024;286:107-128. doi: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2023.11.005. Epub 2023 Dec 18.
This study investigated the association between aerobic and muscular fitness with the cognitive control and academic performance of preadolescent Arab children. Ninety-three children aged 10-13years (mean=11.5, SD=0.5) representing eight Arab nations (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, and Morocco) participated in this cross-sectional study. The participants completed tests for aerobic (progressive aerobic cardiovascular endurance run) and muscular (maximum grip strength) fitness, and cognitive control (flanker task). We assessed their academic performance based on their overall grade point average (GPA). Our analyses revealed that greater aerobic fitness was associated with higher GPA scores and greater muscular fitness was associated with a shorter response time in a task condition requiring extensive cognitive control (incongruent condition). No association was found between aerobic fitness and flanker task performance nor between muscular fitness and GPA. These results bridge the knowledge gap on the associations of physical fitness to the cognitive control and academic performance of Arab children, suggesting that the positive associations found in Western and Asian literature can be generalized to the Arab context.
本研究调查了有氧运动和肌肉健康与阿拉伯青少年儿童认知控制和学业表现之间的关系。93 名年龄在 10-13 岁的儿童（平均年龄=11.5，标准差=0.5）代表了八个阿拉伯国家（埃及、沙特阿拉伯、苏丹、叙利亚、约旦、黎巴嫩、也门和摩洛哥）参与了这项横断面研究。参与者完成了有氧运动（渐进式有氧心血管耐力跑）和肌肉力量（最大握力）测试，以及认知控制（侧抑制任务）测试。我们根据他们的总体平均绩点（GPA）评估他们的学业表现。我们的分析表明，较高的有氧运动能力与较高的 GPA 分数相关，而较强的肌肉力量与需要广泛认知控制（不一致条件）的任务条件下的反应时间更短相关。在侧抑制任务表现和肌肉力量与 GPA 之间没有发现关联。这些结果填补了关于身体适应性与阿拉伯儿童认知控制和学业表现之间关系的知识空白，表明在西方和亚洲文献中发现的积极关联可以推广到阿拉伯背景。
