R B McKay, D M Levine, L R Bone
Community organization in a school health education program to reduce sodium consumption
The Journal of school health
study aimed investigate association elementary school students manipulative skill competency cardiorespiratory fitness cognitive function psychological wellbeing pwb well whether association gender differences participants 291 fourthgrade students 166 boys vs 125 girls mean age 9770 years old sd 0584 two elementary schools province henan china students soccer skills manipulative skill competency assessed using pe metric assessment rubric cardiorespiratory fitness assessed means pacer 15 test cognitive function pwb assessed using d2 test attention warwickedinburgh mental wellbeing scale respectively data analyzed descriptive statistics multiple linear regression models result linear regression models showed soccer skills cardiorespiratory fitness cognitive function collectively associated pwb total sample f 5 285 3097 p 001 boys f 5 160 1355 p 001 girls f 5 119 2132 p 001 furthermore standardized regression coefficients indicated cardiorespiratory fitness significant contributor pwb total sample 0119 2021 p 005 boys girls soccer skills cognitive function individual significant contributors pwb total sample boys girls cardiorespiratory fitness significantly associated pwb gender differences relationship manipulative skill competency cardiorespiratory fitness cognitive function pwb elementary school students study provides empirical evidence improving cardiorespiratory fitness important intervention strategy promote elementary school students pwb