Sedentary behaviour profiles and longitudinal associations with academic performance in youth: The UP&DOWN study

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A study titled “Sedentary behaviour profiles and longitudinal associations with academic performance in youth: The UP&DOWN study” was recently published in the Journal of Sports Sciences. A summary of the paper and citation details are re-posted below. The full article can be found here.

ABSTRACT

The current study evaluated longitudinal associations between profile transitions of context-specific sedentary behaviour (SB) and changes in academic performance (AP) among school-aged youth. Participants were 466 children and 717 adolescents (50.8% males) aged 8–18 years (children = 7.92 ± 0.41 years; adolescents = 11.85 ± 1.53 years). Non-school SBs and AP were evaluated at baseline and two years later. General linear mixed models were implemented, controlling for age, region, parental education, body mass index, and cardiorespiratory fitness. Cross-sectionally, participants with an Educative-profile (i.e., highest scores in doing homework with/without computer and reading for fun) had higher AP when compared to other profiles. Longitudinally, males who changed from a Screen- to an Educative-profile had higher AP than males who changed from an Educative- to a Social- or Screen-SB profile (p < 0.01). No significant differences were found in females. These findings show the importance of analysing SB patterns from a qualitative perspective (i.e., context-specific for boosting school children AP) and highlighting time spent in educative as the most positive for AP, as well the need to implement interventions to reduce time on screen and social behaviours, especially targeting males.

CITATION

Sánchez-Oliva D, Leech RM, Esteban-Cornejo I, et al. Sedentary behaviour profiles and longitudinal associations with academic performance in youth: The UP&DOWN study. J Sports Sci. 2023;41(2):181-189. doi:10.1080/02640414.2023.2204584