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| Title |
Classroom-Based Physical Activity Breaks and Children's Attention: Cognitive Engagement Works!
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01474 |
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| Authors |
Mirko Schmidt, Valentin Benzing, Mario Kamer |
| Abstract |
Classroom-based physical activity breaks are postulated to positively impact children's attention during their school day. However, empirical evidence for this claim is scarce and the role of cognitive engagement in enhancing children's attentional performance is unexplored in studies on physical activity breaks. The aim of the present study was therefore to disentangle the separate and/or combined effects of physical exertion and cognitive engagement induced by physical activity breaks on primary school children's attention. In addition, the role of children's affective reactions to acute interventions at school was investigated. Using a 2 × 2 between-subjects experimental design, 92 children between the ages of 11 and 12 years (M = 11.77, SD = 0.41) were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions: (1) combo group (physical activity with high cognitive demands), (2) cognition group (sedentary with high cognitive demands), (3) physical group (physical activity with low cognitive demands), and (4) control group (sedentary with low cognitive demands). Attention and affect were measured before and immediately after a 10-min intervention. ANCOVAs revealed that whereas physical exertion had no effect on any measure of children's attentional performance, cognitive engagement was the crucial factor leading to increased focused attention and enhanced processing speed. Mediational analyses showed that changes in positive affect during the interventions mediated the effect between cognitive engagement and focused attention as well as between cognitive engagement and processing speed. These surprising results are discussed in the light of theories predicting both facilitating and deteriorative effects of positive affect on attention. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 38% |
| Australia | 3 | 19% |
| Germany | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 75% |
| Scientists | 3 | 19% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 337 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 337 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 61 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 48 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 13% |
| Researcher | 31 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 5% |
| Other | 39 | 12% |
| Unknown | 98 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 76 | 23% |
| Psychology | 48 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 24 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 3% |
| Other | 48 | 14% |
| Unknown | 116 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 March 2019.
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