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dc.contributor.authorSyväoja, Heidi J.
dc.contributor.authorKankaanpää, Anna
dc.contributor.authorHakonen, Harto
dc.contributor.authorInkinen, Virpi
dc.contributor.authorKulmala, Janne
dc.contributor.authorJoensuu, Laura
dc.contributor.authorRäsänen, Pekka
dc.contributor.authorHillman, Charles H.
dc.contributor.authorTammelin, Tuija H.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-17T06:51:01Z
dc.date.available2021-09-17T06:51:01Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationSyväoja, H. J., Kankaanpää, A., Hakonen, H., Inkinen, V., Kulmala, J., Joensuu, L., Räsänen, P., Hillman, C. H., & Tammelin, T. H. (2021). How physical activity, fitness, and motor skills contribute to math performance : Working memory as a mediating factor. <i>Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports</i>, <i>31</i>(12), 2310-2321. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14049" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14049</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_100995511
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/77812
dc.description.abstractPurpose The purpose of this study was to examine whether physical activity, fitness and motor skills have indirect association with math performance via cognitive outcomes and if so, through which aspects of cognition? Methods This study comprised 311 6th–9th grade adolescents (12–17y [M age=14.0y], 59% girls) from seven schools throughout Finland in 2015. Math performance was measured via a teacher-rated math achievement and the Basic Arithmetic test. Cognitive functions were measured by broad cognitive test battery. Physical activity was assessed with a self-reported questionnaire and a hip-worn accelerometer. Aerobic fitness was estimated using a maximal 20-m shuttle run test, muscular fitness with curl-up and push-up tests, and motor skills with a 5-leaps test and a throwing-catching combination test. Structural equation modeling was applied to examine the associations. Results In both boys and girls, motor skills had a positive indirect association with math outcomes through visuospatial working memory. Among girls, muscular fitness had a positive indirect association with math outcomes through visuospatial working memory. Aerobic fitness was positively associated with math achievement, but the indirect path via cognition was not observed. Self-reported physical activity had a borderline indirect positive association with math outcomes through visuospatial working memory. Accelerometer-based physical activity did not correlate with math performance. Conclusion Motor skills and muscular fitness had indirect, positive associations with math performance, mediated by visuospatial working memory. The results give support to the viewpoints that the connections between motor skills, fitness and physical activity to academic skills are mediated via specific cognitive skills.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofseriesScandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
dc.rightsIn Copyright
dc.subject.otheradolescents
dc.subject.othermotor skills
dc.subject.otherphysical fitness
dc.subject.otherworking memory
dc.titleHow physical activity, fitness, and motor skills contribute to math performance : Working memory as a mediating factor
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202109174887
dc.contributor.laitosLiikuntatieteellinen tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.laitosFaculty of Sport and Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.oppiaineLiikuntalääketiedefi
dc.contributor.oppiaineGerontologian tutkimuskeskusfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineHyvinvoinnin tutkimuksen yhteisöfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineSports and Exercise Medicineen
dc.contributor.oppiaineGerontology Research Centeren
dc.contributor.oppiaineSchool of Wellbeingen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange2310-2321
dc.relation.issn0905-7188
dc.relation.numberinseries12
dc.relation.volume31
dc.type.versionacceptedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© Wiley, 2021
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.subject.ysofyysinen kunto
dc.subject.ysokognitiiviset taidot
dc.subject.ysonuoret
dc.subject.ysofyysinen aktiivisuus
dc.subject.ysomotoriset taidot
dc.subject.ysotyömuisti
dc.subject.ysoliikunta
dc.subject.ysomatemaattiset taidot
dc.subject.ysolapset (ikäryhmät)
dc.format.contentfulltext
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jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p4354
dc.rights.urlhttp://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
dc.relation.doi10.1111/sms.14049
jyx.fundinginformationThis study was funded by the Academy of Finland (grant 273971) and the Finnish Ministry of Education 29 and Culture (OKM/92/626/2013, OKM/69/626/2014, OKM/50/626/2015)
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