Universidad Autónoma de Chile
  • About
  • How to publish
  • Contact Us
    • Login

    Repositorio Académico

    Advanced search
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Investigación y Desarrollo
    • Producción Científica
    • Artículos científicos
    • View Item
    •   Home
    • Investigación y Desarrollo
    • Producción Científica
    • Artículos científicos
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Relationship between physical fitness and academic achievement in chilean schoolchildren of 8th grade [Condición física de escolares chilenos de 8° año básico y su relación con el rendimiento académico]

    Article
    View/Open
    item_2-s2.0-85079445937.pdf (2.937Kb)
    Date
    2020
    DOI
    10.32641/rchped.v91i1.1143

    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Author
    Ahumada-Padilla E.
    Del Pino L.V.
    Bustamante-Ara N.
    Abstract
    Introduction: Good physical fitness (PF) is related, among many benefits, to functional and structural brain changes that favor learning. Objective: To analyze the association between PF and academic performance (AP) in Chilean schoolchildren according to sex, and to determine if the kind of school dependency influences this association. Subjects and Method: Cross-sectional study analyzing population data of 8th-grade students evaluated by the SIMCE-2011 test. The sample included only 13 and 14 years old students, of both sexes, with all PF and AP tests taken. The results of PF and AP tests were categorized as poor, regular, and good. A binary logistic regression was performed explaining a good AP from the PF categories according to sex, and kind of school dependency, adjusting for age, nutritional status, parents’ educational level, and school socioeconomic level. Results: Out of 19,929 records, 12,338 schoolchildren were considered, where 47.9% were female. 33.4% of girls and 49.5% of boys presented good PF, and 16.9% and 21.5% presented good AP respectively. Schoolchildren with good PF had more chances of achieving good AP than those with poor PF (girls 84% and boys 78%, both p < 0.001). Considering the kind of school dependency, good PF in girls attending public schools increased the chances of achieving good AP by 334% (p < 0.001) and in boys attending subsidized private schools by 91% (p = 0.01). Conclusion: Both girls and boys with good PF have more chances of achieving a good AP. By including the kind of school dependency, the association persists in girls attending public schools and boys attending subsidized private schools. © 2020, Sociedad Chilena de Pediatria. All rights reserved.
    Collections
    • Artículos científicos

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Article

      Asociación entre la condición física, estado nutricional y rendimiento académico en estudiantes de educación física [Association between fitness, nutritional status and academic performance in physical education students] (2020) 

      Cumillaf A.G.; Badilla P.V.; Herrera C.F.; Mora F.C.; Herrera B.M.; Sandoval E.M.; Muñoz R.G.; Agüero S.D. (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
    • Article

      Association between health anthropometric indexes with physical fitness in physically active elderly women [Asociación entare índices antropométricos de salud y condición física en mujeres mayores físicamente activas] (2020) 

      Valdés-Badilla P.; Godoy-Cumillaf A.; Ortega-Spuler J.; Herrera-Valenzuela T.; Durán-Agüero S.; Zapata-Bastias J.; Vargas-Vitoria R.; Guzmán-Muñoz E.; López-Fuenzalida A. (Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, 2017)
    • Article

      Relationship of weight status, physical activity and screen time with academic achievement in adolescents (2020) 

      García-Hermoso A.; Marina R. (Elsevier Ltd, 2017)
    LA UNIVERSIDAD
    • Aseguramiento de Calidad
    • Internacional
    • Vinculación con el Medio
    • Más Transparencia
    • Acreditación
    • Reglamentos e instructivos
    • Reclamos y Sugerencias
    FACULTADES
    • Administración y Negocios
    • Arquitectura y Construcción
    • Ciencias de la Salud
    • Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
    • Derecho
    • Educación
    • Ingeniería
    INVESTIGACIÓN
    • Estructura
    • Comités de Ética
    • Institutos de Investigación
    • Centros de Investigación
    • Grupos de Investigación
    • Docentes Investigadores
    POSTGRADOS
    • Postgrados
    • Doctorados
    • Magíster
    • Especialidades
    • Escuela Internacional
    • Escuela Alta Dirección

    Browse

    All contentCollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister
    Academic Journals
    LA UNIVERSIDAD
    • Aseguramiento de Calidad
    • Internacional
    • Vinculación con el Medio
    • Más Transparencia
    • Acreditación
    • Reglamentos e instructivos
    • Reclamos y Sugerencias
    FACULTADES
    • Administración y Negocios
    • Arquitectura y Construcción
    • Ciencias de la Salud
    • Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
    • Derecho
    • Educación
    • Ingeniería
    INVESTIGACIÓN
    • Estructura
    • Comités de Ética
    • Institutos de Investigación
    • Centros de Investigación
    • Grupos de Investigación
    • Docentes Investigadores
    POSTGRADOS
    • Postgrados
    • Doctorados
    • Magíster
    • Especialidades
    • Escuela Internacional
    • Escuela Alta Dirección