Caterina Gawrilow1, Gertraud Stadler2, Nadine Langguth3, Alexander Naumann4, Antje Boeck5. 1. Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany Center for Research on Education and Human Development DIPF, Germany caterina.gawrilow@uni-tuebingen.de. 2. Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. 3. Center for Research on Education and Human Development DIPF, Germany Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. 4. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry PK, Lüneburg, Germany. 5. University of Hamburg, Germany.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine the role of physical activity in determining the affect and executive functioning of children with symptoms of ADHD. METHOD: In Study 1, the association between physical activity and affect in the daily lives of children with varying degrees of hyperactivity was examined. In Study 2, children with ADHD were randomly assigned a physical activity or a sedentary task before working on a task requiring executive control. RESULTS: Lack of physical activity was shown to relate to depressed affect, more strongly in participants with severe hyperactivity symptoms (Study 1). The physically active participants showed improved executive functioning after only 5 min of vigorous activity; the sedentary control participants showed no improvement (Study 2). CONCLUSION: These results indicate that interventions to increase the level of physical activity in children with and without ADHD might improve affect and executive functioning.
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the role of physical activity in determining the affect and executive functioning of children with symptoms of ADHD. METHOD: In Study 1, the association between physical activity and affect in the daily lives of children with varying degrees of hyperactivity was examined. In Study 2, children with ADHD were randomly assigned a physical activity or a sedentary task before working on a task requiring executive control. RESULTS: Lack of physical activity was shown to relate to depressed affect, more strongly in participants with severe hyperactivity symptoms (Study 1). The physically active participants showed improved executive functioning after only 5 min of vigorous activity; the sedentary control participants showed no improvement (Study 2). CONCLUSION: These results indicate that interventions to increase the level of physical activity in children with and without ADHD might improve affect and executive functioning.
Authors: Elena D Koch; Heike Tost; Urs Braun; Gabriela Gan; Marco Giurgiu; Iris Reinhard; Alexander Zipf; Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg; Ulrich W Ebner-Priemer; Markus Reichert Journal: Front Psychol Date: 2018-03-07
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