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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND COGNITIVE FAILURES IN MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS

Brodén, Mikaela Louise January 2023 (has links)
Cognitive failures (CF) refers to the experience of daily attentional lapses or workingmemory mishaps; for example, reading something and instantly forgetting what you haveread, or experiencing missing out on obvious information from street signs. Relationsbetween CF and psychological stress have been found, where higher levels of stress indicatea higher risk of experiencing CF, and the other way around. Psychological stress is proven tobe moderated by physical activity. However, there are scarce findings on the directrelationship between physical activity and CF. This thesis investigates by a cross-sectionalobservational design if there is a relationship between cognitive failures and physical activityin the middle-aged population. All data were collected by a web-based survey with thequestionnaires CFQ, IPAQ and PSS-10 followed by the short task Digit Span. The sampleconsisted of 78 participants between the ages of 50-65 (M = 56). A two-stage hierarchicallinear regression was performed. The results showed no association between CF and physicalactivity, however CF was associated with stress and sex. The results are confirming previousfindings in terms of the relationship between CF and stress, as well as the small, yetsignificant, sex difference where women tend to report higher levels of stress and higherlevels of CF. Further research is of need, to investigate the direct interventional effectphysical activity could have on CF in the general population. / “Cognitive failures” (CF) syftar på de dagliga hjärnsläpp man upplever relaterade tilluppmärksamhet, arbetsminne och perception; till exempel att läsa något och omedelbartglömma vad du har läst, eller att missa att notera uppenbara gatuskyltar. Samband mellan CFoch psykologisk stress har hittats, där högre nivåer av stress indikerar högre risk för CF, ochvice versa. Psykologisk stress har visats minskas av fysisk aktivitet. Det finns dock få fyndom det direkta sambandet mellan fysisk aktivitet och CF. Den här uppsatsen undersökergenom en tvärsnittsdesign om det finns ett samband mellan CF och fysisk aktivitet i dengenerella medelålders befolkningen. Studien genomfördes genom en webbaseradundersökning med enkäterna CFQ, IPAQ och PSS-10 följt av en kort objektiv övning.Urvalet bestod av 78 deltagare mellan 50-65 år (M = 56). En tvåstegs-hierarkisk linjärregression genomfördes. Resultaten visade inget signifikant samband mellan CF och fysiskaktivitet, dock fanns samband mellan CF och stress samt kön. Denna studie bekräftar tidigarefynd både gällande sambandet mellan CF och stress såväl som en mindre, men signifikant,könsskillnad, där kvinnor tenderar att rapportera högre nivåer av stress samt högre nivåer avCF. Framtida studier i ämnet behövs för att undersöka den direkta interventionella effektenfysisk aktivitet kan ha på CF i den generella befolkningen.

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