The Impact Of Employment And Physical Activity On Academic Performance

Abstract

Over the last twenty years, many contributions appeared on the relationship between working during school and academic performance using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. The obvious assumption is that a full time working student will show a lower academic performance relatively to a part time working student or a full time student. However, the empirical evidence doesnt seem to support this assumption because other variables affect the academic performance such as talent, motivation, ambition, and efficiency of studying time. We believe that the efficiency of studying time can be influenced by physical activity which paradoxically has been totally ignored in the literature. Thus, the scope of this paper is to examine the relationship between academic performance and working hours by explicitly considering the role of physical activity.

Recreation Center Utilization Affects Academic Outcomes

“…The results demonstrated that students who used the recreation center more often each semester were more likely to have higher GPAs than those students who only visited the center on an irregular basis. These results reflect previous study findings that exercise (Andreopoulos et al, 2011;El Ansari & Stock, 2010;Field et al, 2001;Keating et al, 2013) and student involvement on campus (Bergen-Cico & Viscomi, 2012;Sparkman, Maulding, & Roberts, 2012) can positively affect academic performance; however, neither of these latter studies assessed use of the recreation center specifically.…”

“…Research into the specific effect of recreation facilities use on academic performance of undergraduate college students may be unique to this study. Similar studies have been conducted to show the relationship between exercise and academic performance in high school students (Field et al, 2001), exercise in relation to cognitive function of various populations (Brisswalter et al, 2002;Chang, et al, 2013), university engagement (Bergen-Cico & Viscomi, 2012Sparkman et al, 2012), or general exercise in relation to academic success in university students (Andreopoulos et al, 2011;El Ansari & Stock, 2010;Franz & Feresu, 2013). This study also had a larger sample size than any of the comparative studies seen in the literature review.…”

“…Previous research has shown that regular physical activity is beneficial to students' performance and academic success in educational settings (Andreopoulos, Antoniou, Panayides, & Vassiliou, 2011;El Ansari & Stock, 2010;Field, Diego, & Roddy is with the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH. Pohle-Krauza is with the Dept.…”

Non-Cognitive Factors Affecting the Academic Performance of Fourth Year College Students of a Private College in Manila

“…This result does not support the findings of Klott (1998) that working long hours at a job during the school year often has a detrimental effect on academic performance. The empirical evidence in the study of Andreopoulos, Antoniou, Panayides, and Vassiliou (2008) did not support the assumption that a full time working student will show a lower academic performance relative to a part time working student or a full time student because other variables affect academic performance such as talent, motivation, ambition, and efficiency of study time. The relationship between frequency of exercise and GWA is significant.…”