Sport Participation, Locus of Control, and Academic Performance among Early Adolescents: Racial and Linguistic Status Differences

Bang, Hyejin; Chang, Mido; Lee, Cindy; Kim, Sunha; Taliaferro, Andrea

doi:10.1080/02732173.2018.1564098

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“…The results support prior research identifying the role of PA on specific cognitive skills and also show that this relationship is independent of sports participation and several child-and familylevel potential confounding variables. 27,35 The current study also found an independent association between sports participation and cognitive functioning, a relationship found in other work, [36][37][38][39] and an independent association between sports participation and academic progression in older adolescents only. Bang et al 37 found that sports participation had positive effects on locus of control, or how well an individual feels that they are in control of their life, which may contribute to better academic performance.…”

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confidence: 87%

Physical Activity and Sports Participation Associates With Cognitive Functioning and Academic Progression: An Analysis Using the Combined 2017–2018 National Survey of Children’s Health

Burns¹,

Bai²,

Brusseau³

2020

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

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Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the independent and joint associations between physical activity (PA) and sports participation on academic performance variables within a representative sample of children and adolescents. Methods: Data were analyzed from the combined 2017–2018 National Survey of Children’s Health. Household addresses were randomly selected within each US state. One household parent answered health and wellness questions pertaining to one randomly selected household child (N = 37,392; 48.1% female; 6- to 17-y old). Weighted logistic regression models were employed to examine the independent and joint associations between child PA frequency and sports participation with academic performance variables, adjusting for child- and family-level covariates. Results: Child PA frequency independently associated with 37% to 46% lower odds and child sports participation independently associated with 53% lower odds of reported difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions (P < .001). For children who participated in sports, PA associated with 47% to 56% lower odds of ever repeating a grade level (P = .01). Conclusions: Frequency of weekly PA and sports participation independently and negatively associated with difficulty concentrating, remembering, and making decisions, whereas the negative association between PA and ever repeating a grade level differed by child sports participation status.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Physical Activity and Sports Participation Associates With Cognitive Functioning and Academic Progression: An Analysis Using the Combined 2017–2018 National Survey of Children’s Health

Burns¹,

Bai²,

Brusseau³

2020

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

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“…The 28 selected studies published from 2000 to 2021 included 75237 children and adolescents aged 4-16 years, see Table 1. Twenty-one studies were cross-sectional, 8,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] five were longitudinal [44][45][46][47][48] (follow-up duration ranged from 7 months 44 to 3 years), 48 and two were experimental. 49,50 Sample sizes ranged from 51 to 22619 participants.…”

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confidence: 99%

Mediators between physical activity and academic achievement: A systematic review

Visier‐Alfonso

Sánchez‐López

Álvarez‐Bueno

et al. 2021

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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Funding informationThis study was funded by FEDER funds. The funder had no role in the design and conduct of the study Background: Research has suggested the beneficial effects of physical activity (PA) on academic achievement (AA). However, the mechanisms underlying this influence remain unclear. Some proposed mechanisms include physiological, cognitive, psychological, and behavioral paths. This study aimed to analyze mediators between PA and AA in children and adolescents. Methods: Systematic search in Medline, SPORTDiscuss, PsycInfo, Scopus, and Web of Science for observational and experimental studies, published up to March 2021. Results: Twenty-eight studies (75237 participants, aged 4-16) were included.The designs of these studies were: 21 studies cross-sectional, 5 longitudinal, and 2 experimental. Eight out of nine studies analyzing fitness as a mediator reported positive results, and one reported null finding. Adiposity was a significant mediator in one study, in two only in girls, and two reported null results. Cognition as a mediator was supported by four studies, whereas two reported null results.Regarding mental well-being, 10 out of 14 studies reported positive effects, and one out of five behavioral studies found positive results. Although studies were too sparse to draw conclusions, overall, the results indicated that self-esteem, selfimage, self-efficacy, stress, and health behaviors might be potential mediators in the relationship between PA and AA. All studies were rated as medium-high quality. Conclusion:Overall, the available evidence seems to suggest that cardiorespiratory fitness, cognition, mental well-being, and exercise-related behaviors play some role as mediators of the relationship between PA and AA. However, the cross-sectional nature of most of the reviewed studies prevents us from making any statement in terms of causal paths. Thus, well-designed follow-up and randomized controlled studies aimed not only to tests the effect of PA in AA, but also to examine the influence of mediators are required.

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“…The drivers' control belief about who/what controls the life events was addressed as a notable factor leading drivers to aberrant or safe driver behaviors (Beirness, 1993). Recent studies showed that control beliefs could determine individuals' behaviors on many conditions, such as business/career-related issues (Asante & Affum-Osei, 2019;Mulki & Lassk, 2019;Ulas & Yıldırım, 2019;Xiao, Wu & Liao, 2018); academic-related issues (Bang, Chang, Lee, Kim & Taliaferro, 2019;Chukwuorji, Ituma & Ugwu, 2018;Prihadi et al, 2018); health-related issues (Cheng & Fumham, 2019;Hovenkamp-Hermelink et al, 2019;Golding et al, 2019;Radcliff et al, 2018) and safety behaviors (Dave, Mesarosova, Siegling, Tremblay & Saklofske, 2019;Haas & Yorio, 2019;Nykänen, Salmela-Aro, Tolvanen & Vuori, 2019).…”

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The Relationship between Dispositional Affect and Traffic Locus of Control in Driving

Arslan

2021

Trafik Ve Ulaşım Araştırmaları Dergisi

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The locus of control and dispositional affect of drivers has been claimed to influence driver behaviors. The positive affect and internal locus of control were usually claimed to be related to safety behaviors, whereas negative affect and external locus of control were shown as related to risky behaviors. To investigate the locus of control in the traffic context, multidimensional traffic locus of control (T-LOC) was developed with four dimensions; self, other drivers, vehicle/environment, and fate. In the current study, these four dimensions were used to investigate traffic locus of control. Even though traffic locus of control and affect factors are widely referred to as related to driver behaviors, their relationship has not been investigated. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between drivers' traffic locus of control and dispositional affect. The results showed that positive affect was related to attributing to other drivers and fate rather than their behaviors. On the other hand, negative affect led drivers to attribute causes of accidents to their behavior. The implications of the results, the limitations of the study, and the future directions were discussed.

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Sport Participation, Locus of Control, and Academic Performance among Early Adolescents: Racial and Linguistic Status Differences

Cited by 10 publications

References 55 publications

Physical Activity and Sports Participation Associates With Cognitive Functioning and Academic Progression: An Analysis Using the Combined 2017–2018 National Survey of Children’s Health

Physical Activity and Sports Participation Associates With Cognitive Functioning and Academic Progression: An Analysis Using the Combined 2017–2018 National Survey of Children’s Health

Mediators between physical activity and academic achievement: A systematic review

The Relationship between Dispositional Affect and Traffic Locus of Control in Driving

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