Straight-A students dislike physical education in adolescence: myth or truth?: The AVENA, AFINOS and UP&DOWN studies

Objective: to examine if those adolescents who dislike physical education classes get better results on academic and cognitive performance than their peers. Methods: participants included 4 226 adolescents from the AVENA, AFINOS and UP &amp; DOWN studies. Physical education enjoyment was assessed with a 7-point Likert scale. Cognitive performance in the AVENA study was assessed using the Spanish version of the SRA Test of Educational Ability. Academic performance in the AFINOS and UP &amp; DOWN studies was assessed through Mathematics and Language grades and the average of both subjects. Results: in the AVENA study we found differences in verbal ability among girls who dislike physical education and their peers (P = 0.033). In the AFINOS study, boys who dislike physical education had higher scores in Language than their peers (P = 0.024). In the UP &amp; DOWN study girls who disliked physical education had higher scores in Language and in the average of Language and Mathematics than their peers (P < 0.001). Conclusion: in the AVENA and AFINOS studies adolescents who disliked physical education had similar results in cognitive and academic performance than their peers, but in the UP &amp; DOWN study girls who disliked physical education showed higher results in academic performance than their peers

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Cañadas,Laura, Esteban-Cornejo,Irene, Ortega,Francisco B., Gómez-Martínez,Sonia, Casajús,José Antonio, Cabero,María Jesús, Calle,María E., Marcos,Ascensión, Veiga,Óscar L., Martínez-Gómez,David
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Grupo Arán 2015
Online Access:	http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-16112015000700046
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