The present study investigated the relationship between regular sport participation (soccer) and vigilance performance. Two groups of male and female adolescents differentiated in terms of their sport participation (athletes, n = 39, and non-athletes, n = 36) took part in the study. In one session, participants performed the Leger Multi-stage fitness test to estimate their aerobic fitness level. In the other session, participants completed the Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT) to evaluate their vigilance performance. Perceived arousal prior to the task and motivation toward the task were also measured in the PVT session. The results revealed that athletes had better cardiovascular fitness and showed better performance in the PVT. However, correlation analyses did not show any significant relationship between cardiovascular fitness and performance in the PVT. Athletes showed larger scores in motivation and perceived arousal measures with respect to non-athletes, although, once again, these variables were not correlated with PVT performance. Gender differences were observed only in the Leger test, with males showing greater fitness level than females. The major outcome of this research points to a positive relationship between regular sport participation and vigilance during adolescence. This relationship did not seem to be influenced by gender, perceived arousal, motivation toward the task or cardiovascular fitness. We discuss our results in terms of the different hypotheses put forward in the literature to explain the relationship between physical activity and cognitive functioning.
Los distintos conceptos que han sido utilizados en el campo de la dependencia de las drogas han cristalizado en la actual concepción sancionada por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) que resalta su unidad teórica y practica y sus diferentes tipos sindrómicos. La epidemioIogía de las dependencias se presenta articulada mis en datos cualitativos que en su exacta cuantificación, dada la dispersión e inacmalidad de ellos. Las teorías más significativas que operan en este campo se presentan aquí, particularmente las que se han enunciado desde las perspectivas sociológicas. El análisis de la anomia de Merton es particularmente claro en su aplicación al caso. Finalmente, este estudio presenta unas consideraciones preventivas y terapeuticas sobre las dependencias, insistiendo en la necesidad de su consideración como enfermedades y, consecuentemente, en el tratamiento medico como base de la recuperación de 10s dependientes.* Debo agradecer a J. M. de Miguel sus certeras observaciones al borrador de este trabajo, asirnismo a C. Baquero su esfuerzo mecanográfico. 183Papers: Revista de Sociologia 5 (1976)
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