Can Physical Exercise Promote the Development of Teenagers’ Non-Cognitive Ability?—Evidence from China Education Panel Survey (2014–2015)
Background: With the development of educational philosophy, physical exercise is considered to be an important factor in the development of individual cognitive abilities in adolescents. However, the effects of physical exercise on non-cognitive abilities in adolescents remain inadequate. Objective:...
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| description | Background: With the development of educational philosophy, physical exercise is considered to be an important factor in the development of individual cognitive abilities in adolescents. However, the effects of physical exercise on non-cognitive abilities in adolescents remain inadequate. Objective: This study examined the effect of physical exercise on non-cognitive ability and further examined the differences in this effect in different groups. Methods: Survey data on non-cognitive ability, physical exercise and covariates were collected in the China Education Panel Survey (2014–2015) from a nationally representative sample of adolescents (<i>n</i> = 7904) in the eighth (follow-up) grade. Results: The results show that, after controlling for the influence of other factors, physical exercise has a promoting effect on six non-cognitive abilities—social behavior (<i>p</i> < 0.001), communication ability (<i>p</i> < 0.01), perseverance (<i>p</i> < 0.05), school adaptation (<i>p</i> < 0.001), educational expectation (<i>p</i> < 0.01) and creative thinking (<i>p</i> < 0.01)—and there is no significant effect on emotional control (<i>p</i> > 0.05). Furthermore, the development of non-cognitive ability in physical exercise shows certain group differences. Conclusions: There are gender differences in the performance of non-cognitive ability. Girls perform better than boys in non-cognitive ability. Physical exercise is an important means to develop non-cognitive ability, which indicates that non-cognitive ability has plasticity in adolescence. Future intervention may improve the non-cognitive ability of Chinese adolescents by increasing physical exercise. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d2fcc6f742ad4c2e9fe9ba7a3d4f9c622023-11-23T15:36:22ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-08-0199128310.3390/children9091283Can Physical Exercise Promote the Development of Teenagers’ Non-Cognitive Ability?—Evidence from China Education Panel Survey (2014–2015)Shiwei Yuan0Qian Gu1Yuanyuan Lei2Jinbo Shen3Qian Niu4Wuxi Higher Health Vocational Technology School, Wuxi 214000, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, ChinaPhysical Education College, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050000, ChinaTaiyuan Institute of Technology, Taiyuan 030008, ChinaTaiyuan Institute of Technology, Taiyuan 030008, ChinaBackground: With the development of educational philosophy, physical exercise is considered to be an important factor in the development of individual cognitive abilities in adolescents. However, the effects of physical exercise on non-cognitive abilities in adolescents remain inadequate. Objective: This study examined the effect of physical exercise on non-cognitive ability and further examined the differences in this effect in different groups. Methods: Survey data on non-cognitive ability, physical exercise and covariates were collected in the China Education Panel Survey (2014–2015) from a nationally representative sample of adolescents (<i>n</i> = 7904) in the eighth (follow-up) grade. Results: The results show that, after controlling for the influence of other factors, physical exercise has a promoting effect on six non-cognitive abilities—social behavior (<i>p</i> < 0.001), communication ability (<i>p</i> < 0.01), perseverance (<i>p</i> < 0.05), school adaptation (<i>p</i> < 0.001), educational expectation (<i>p</i> < 0.01) and creative thinking (<i>p</i> < 0.01)—and there is no significant effect on emotional control (<i>p</i> > 0.05). Furthermore, the development of non-cognitive ability in physical exercise shows certain group differences. Conclusions: There are gender differences in the performance of non-cognitive ability. Girls perform better than boys in non-cognitive ability. Physical exercise is an important means to develop non-cognitive ability, which indicates that non-cognitive ability has plasticity in adolescence. Future intervention may improve the non-cognitive ability of Chinese adolescents by increasing physical exercise.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/9/1283social behaviorcommunication abilityperseveranceemotional controlschool adaptioncreative thinking |
| spellingShingle | Shiwei Yuan Qian Gu Yuanyuan Lei Jinbo Shen Qian Niu Can Physical Exercise Promote the Development of Teenagers’ Non-Cognitive Ability?—Evidence from China Education Panel Survey (2014–2015) Children social behavior communication ability perseverance emotional control school adaption creative thinking |
| title | Can Physical Exercise Promote the Development of Teenagers’ Non-Cognitive Ability?—Evidence from China Education Panel Survey (2014–2015) |
| title_full | Can Physical Exercise Promote the Development of Teenagers’ Non-Cognitive Ability?—Evidence from China Education Panel Survey (2014–2015) |
| title_fullStr | Can Physical Exercise Promote the Development of Teenagers’ Non-Cognitive Ability?—Evidence from China Education Panel Survey (2014–2015) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Physical Exercise Promote the Development of Teenagers’ Non-Cognitive Ability?—Evidence from China Education Panel Survey (2014–2015) |
| title_short | Can Physical Exercise Promote the Development of Teenagers’ Non-Cognitive Ability?—Evidence from China Education Panel Survey (2014–2015) |
| title_sort | can physical exercise promote the development of teenagers non cognitive ability evidence from china education panel survey 2014 2015 |
| topic | social behavior communication ability perseverance emotional control school adaption creative thinking |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/9/1283 |
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