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Title: | Association between the duration of the active commuting to and from school, and cognitive performance in urban Portuguese adolescents |
Authors: | Rodrigues, Ana Antunes, Hélio Alves, Ricardo Correia, Ana Luísa Lopes, Helder Sabino, Bebiana Marques, Adilson Ihle, Andreas Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio |
Keywords: | Adolescent Male Humans Female Cross-Sectional Studies Exercise Cognition Walking Bicycling Transportation Schools |
Issue Date: | 25-Nov-2022 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | Rodrigues, A., Antunes, H., Alves, R., Correia, A., Lopes, H., Sabino, B., Marques, A., Ihle, A. & Gouveia, E. (2022). Association between the duration of the active commuting to and from school, and cognitive performance in urban Portuguese adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315692 |
Abstract: | This study aimed to analyze the differences between active commuting to school (ACS) and non-ACS in cognitive performance (CP), and the association of ACS duration with CP. This cross-sectional study included 370 adolescents (males n = 170), with a mean age of 15.28 ± 2.25 years. CP was assessed through an interview, and ACS, extracurricular physical activity, and socioeconomic status was assessed by self-report. Body composition was assessed using the FitnessGram test battery. One in two adolescents did ACS (51.6%). ACS was associated with boys (53.9%), younger adolescents (14.91 ± 2.15 vs. 15.69 ± 2.29), those having school social support (55.0%), and those doing one or more extracurricular physical activities (53.6%), compared to non-ACS participants (p < 0.05). The analysis of covariance, after controlling for age, sex, school social support, and participation in extracurricular physical activity, showed an effect of ACS on the total cognitive score (F(2,362) = 3.304, p < 0.05). The CP was higher in adolescents with more than 30 min of ACS than non-ACS (p < 0.05). The influence of ACS duration can be seen in the dimensions of inductive reasoning (ß = 0.134, t = 2.587, p < 0.05) and working memory (ß = 0.130, t = 2.525, p < 0.05). The role of ACS for CP, as well as guidelines for future research, are discussed. |
Peer reviewed: | yes |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12207/6050 |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315692 |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
Publisher version: | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph |
Appears in Collections: | D-AHD - Artigos em revistas indexadas à WoS/Scopus |
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