Journal
JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 6, Pages 753-763Publisher
HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.32.6.753
Keywords
exercise; pediatrics; psychology; cognition
Funding
- Office of Research and Public/Private Sector Partnerships at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) consistently perform worse on executive function (EF) tasks relative to those without AD/HD. Physical activity has a small effect on cognition in children and may be particularly beneficial for children with AD/HD by impacting fundamental EF deficiencies that characterize this disorder. The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which physical activity is associated with EF in children with AD/HD. Eighteen boys (M age = 10.61, SD = 1.50) with AD/HD were recruited to complete four EF tasks. Physical activity was measured with an accelerometer that provided daily minutes of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity; this measure was a significant predictor of performance on the Tower of London planning task, adjusted R-2 = .28, F(1, 16) = 7.61, p < .05, and was positively associated with other EF measures. These results suggest that higher physical activity is associated with better EF performance in AD/HD children.
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