Physical Activity for Cognitive and Mental Health in Youth: A Systematic Review of Mechanisms

By D. Lubans, Justin Richards, Charles H. Hillman, G. Faulkner, M. Beauchamp, Michael Nilsson, P. Kelly, Jordan J. Smith, L. Raine, Stuart J. H. Biddle. Pediatrics, 2016

1,285 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. E. Durden-Myers
2. C. Lonsdale
3. M. Whitehead
4. P. Parker
5. N. Pot
6. R. White
7. D. Lubans

In Physiology

1. C. Lonsdale
2. D. Lubans

In Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

1. T. Astell‐Burt
2. C. Lonsdale
3. P. Parker
4. R. White
5. D. Lubans
6. Mark Babic

Citations in the corpus

• The Value of Fostering Physical Literacy (2018, background): “With respect to adolescents, Lubans et al. (2016) have drawn together research on the relationship between physical activity and cognitive and mental health.”
• Domain-Specific Physical Activity and Mental Health: A Meta-analysis. (2017, background): “Evidence supports a number of psychosocial mechanisms that explain the effect of PA on mental health; however, there is little understanding as to whether these mechanisms play the same role in different PA domains.(22) For example, PA enhances self-efficacy and exposes individuals to challenges tha”