In an article in the July 2018 edition of The Journal of Asthma, researchers sought to investigate how a reduction of interactive physical play due to asthma can impact socio-emotional and academic outcomes for children. Researchers examined caregiver surveys of 324 children that assessed asthma severity, the amount of interactive physical play, socio-emotional and academic outcomes. They found that “asthma severity was not associated with socio-emotional or academic outcomes,” though children participating in interactive physical play “had better positive peer social and task orientation skills, were less shy/anxious, and more likely to meet academic standards.”
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