Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and mean differences between all variables by gender.
Fig 1.
Mediation model, with motor ability as the predictor, executive function as mediator, and academic achievement as outcome variable.
Table 2.
Goodness of fit statistics for the estimated models compared with recommendations for model evaluation by Schermelleh-Engel et al. [102].
Fig 2.
Mediation models of the three specific motor abilities of a) endurance, b) strength and c) coordination.