抑制性控制调解了儿童体质指数和数学表现之间的关联:一个横截面研究
Felipe Barradas Cordeiro1, Marcos Guilherme Moura-Silva2, Mauro Roberto de Souza Domingues2
1Graduate Program in Human Movement Science, Neurodegeneration and Infection Research Laboratory, João de Barros Barreto University Hospital, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil.
PloS one
|April 11, 2024
概括
儿童体质较高与较差的数学技能有关,抑制控制作为关键调解者. 这表明肥胖会通过影响自我控制等认知功能来影响学业表现.
科学领域:
- 儿童肥胖症 儿童肥胖症
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 教育心理学教育心理学
背景情况:
- 超重和肥胖影响全球超过18%的儿童.
- 肥胖可能会损害抑制性控制,这是学业成功至关重要的认知功能.
- 之前的研究表明,抑制性控制介于身体质量指数 (BMI) 和一般学业成绩之间的联系.
研究的目的:
- 调查抑制控制是否调解儿童的BMI和数学表现之间的关系.
- 为了测试一个假设,高BMI的儿童由于抑制控制的减少而导致数学表现受损的假设.
主要方法:
- 161名儿童 (9-13岁) 的BMI,数学表现 (算术测试) 和抑制控制 (Flanker测试) 被评估.
- 统计分析包括斯皮尔曼相关性,分层多重线性回归和调解分析.
- 使用横截面设计来探索间接关系和潜在的因果关系途径.
主要成果:
- 在通过抑制控制调节的更高的BMI和较差的数学表现之间发现了显著的间接关联.
- 抑制性对照测试的更高准确性与较低的BMI和更好的数学表现相关.
- 调解分析表明,抑制控制在统计学上调解了BMI和数学结果之间的联系.
结论:
- 儿童的BMI较高间接与数学表现受损有关.
- 这种损伤是由BMI对抑制控制的影响.
- 这些发现突出了一个认知机制,通过这种机制,肥胖可能会影响儿童的数学能力.
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