From: Physical education, school physical activity, school sports and academic performance
Author | Sample | Milieu | Outcome measure | Response |
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Significant association | ||||
Nelson and Gordon-Larsen [20] | US National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health | USA | Grades | Risk ratio for higher results 1.20 for mathematics and 1.21 for English |
Field et al. [21] | 52 girls and 37 boys in suburban high school | USA | GPA | Higher GPA |
Dwyer et al. [24] | 7961 schoolchildren, aged 7–15 years in 109 schools | Australia | Rating by the school principal | school performance positively associated with PA in the preceding week |
Pate et al. [25] | Youth Risk Behavior Survey adolescents | USA | Perception of academic performance | Inverse relation with level of PA. |
Williams [26] | Â | England | GPA | positive association between school sports participation and AA |
Sigfudsdottir et al. [27] | Â | Iceland | self-reported school performance | r = -0.11 with absenteeism and r = 0.09 with grades |
Negative or null outcomes on AA | ||||
Tremblay et al. [28] | 6,923 grade 6 children | New Brunswick (Canada) | GPA and self-esteem | Inverse relation PA and AA |
Daley and Ryan [29] | 232 boys and girls (13–16 years old) | England | self-reported PA and GPA | No relationship except for the duration of PA time vs. marks for English (r = -0.29 to -0.30) |
Dollman et al. [30] | Primary school children grades 3, 5 and 7 in 117 schools | Australia | Reading and maths scores | No relation |
Yu et al. [31] | 333 Chinese pre-adolescents (aged 8–12) | Hong Kong, China | Examination results and conduct grades | No relation with AA but relation with self-esteem |