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  • Public Health

Background:

  • Executive control (EC) influences adolescent health behaviors, but early EC's impact on physical activity and sedentary behavior is understudied.
  • Limited research exists on the longitudinal associations between preschool executive control and adolescent activity metrics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the longitudinal associations between executive control in preschool and adolescent physical activity and sedentary behavior.
  • Investigate if early executive control predicts moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) average, MVPA variability, and sedentary behavior average in adolescence.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study of 313 children, assessing preschool executive control via a 9-task battery and parent reports.
  • Utilized multilevel structural equation modeling (Bayesian estimation) to predict adolescent activity metrics from preschool EC.
  • Controlled for sex, age, maternal education, and income-to-needs ratio.

Main Results:

  • Preschool executive control, whether task-measured or parent-reported, was not significantly associated with adolescent physical activity or sedentary behavior.
  • These null findings persisted after controlling for demographic and socioeconomic variables.

Conclusions:

  • The study does not support a link between preschool executive control and adolescent activity metrics.
  • Findings diverge from research on EC and other adolescent health behaviors (diet, sleep, e-cigarette use).
  • Future research should explore family, environmental, and school contexts influencing adolescent activity.