Light and moderate physical activity and sedentary behavior show no significant relationship with any creativity component or overall creativity¶
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q3 i? No relationship was found between light or moderate physical activity and any creativity component or creativity in general, and sedentary behavior was not significantly related to any divergent-thinking component. → Romance 2023
Evidence¶
Romance 2023¶
Romance, R., Nielsen-Rodríguez, A., Sousa Mendes, R., Dobado-Castañeda, J. C., & Dias, G. (2023). The influence of physical activity on the creativity of 10 and 11-year-old school children. Thinking Skills and Creativity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2023.101295
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Null bivariate correlation results (Table 2) from the cross-sectional accelerometry study. The article also states that "sedentary behavior was not significantly related to any of them"; Table 2 prints these correlations, all nonsignificant and small (absolute values no larger than about .17), but a nonsignificant correlation is not evidence of no relationship: equivalence was not tested.
"However, no relationship was found between light or moderate physical activity with any of the creativity components or with creativity in general."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Creativity — outcome: instruction changes it
- Physical Well-Being — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity correlates positively with fluency, originality, flexibility and overall creativity, though less significantly than vigorous activity alone — reports the opposite
- Vigorous physical activity is positively and significantly correlated with fluency, originality, flexibility and overall creativity in 10–11-year-old children — reports the opposite
- Vigorous physical activity significantly predicts originality, fluency and flexibility in regression models, but not elaboration — reports the opposite
- The three physical activity indicators (active play, family/peers time, sedentary behavior) are all intercorrelated, with weak sedentary-behavior links — related
- Objectively measured physical activity shows no significant association with academic achievement in children with overweight/obesity — related
- In a multiple regression model, vigorous physical activity significantly accounts for 4.5% of variance in overall creativity — related
- Anthropometric variables, body composition and hand grip strength show no correlation with creativity components in this sample — related
- Physical activity interventions in childhood improve creativity with a moderate summary effect, based on low-certainty evidence — related
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Light and moderate physical activity and sedentary behavior show no significant relationship with any creativity component or overall creativity |
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Light and moderate physical activity and sedentary behavior show no significant relationship with any creativity component or overall creativity |
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2023 |
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2026-10-20 |
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