Associations of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness with cognitive function, self-control, and resilience in young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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Sibbick, E, Boat, R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4897-8118, Sarkar, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-8500, Johnston, JP ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2954-5234, Groom, M, Williams, RA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1346-7756, Dring, KJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9647-3579, Sun, F-H and Cooper, SB ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5219-5020, 2024. Associations of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness with cognitive function, self-control, and resilience in young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Advanced Exercise and Health Science, 1 (1), pp. 51-58. ISSN 2950-273X

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aehs.2024.01.003

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate if physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness influence cognition, self-control, and resilience in young people with ADHD. Fifty-four children with ADHD (12.8 ± 1.4 y) completed questionnaires to assess self-control and resilience, wore an accelerometer for 7 d to assess free-living physical activity, and completed a battery of cognitive function tasks and a multi-stage fitness test (cardiorespiratory fitness). Positive associations were found between cardiorespiratory fitness and attention, measured via performance on the simple Stroop task (r(52) = −0.386, p = 0.004) and the congruent Flanker task (r(52) = −0.302, p = 0.026), and inhibitory control, measured via performance on the incongruent level of the Flanker task (r(52) = −0.348, p = 0.010). Furthermore, a higher proportion of active time spent in high-intensity activities (r(37) = 0.370, p = 0.021) were associated with higher self-control. No associations were found between physical activity or cardiorespiratory fitness and resilience (all p > 0.05). These findings demonstrate the importance of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness for cognition and self-control in young people with ADHD.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Advanced Exercise and Health Science
Creators:	Sibbick, E., Boat, R., Sarkar, M., Johnston, J.P., Groom, M., Williams, R.A., Dring, K.J., Sun, F.-H. and Cooper, S.B.
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date:	2 February 2024
Volume:	1
Number:	1
ISSN:	2950-273X
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.aehs.2024.01.003 DOI S2950273X24000043 Publisher Item Identifier 1866465 Other
Rights:	© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Wuhan Sports University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	27 Feb 2024 11:48
Last Modified:	16 Apr 2024 10:16
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50960