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This study aimed to examine the relationships between sleep duration, physical activity, and academic and PE performance among Moroccan adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 439 Moroccan adolescents aged 14\u201320 years. Data were collected using the Arab Teens Lifestyle Study (ATLS) questionnaire. Sleep duration, physical-activity level (metabolic equivalent minutes per week [MET-min\/week]), overall academic average, average grade in science subjects, and final PE grade were assessed. Pearson correlation analyses and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) with follow-up univariate analyses were performed, with Games\u2013Howell post hoc comparisons used for PE performance. Results: Sleep duration was positively associated with overall academic average (r = 0.147, p = 0.002) and final PE grade (r = 0.167, p = 0.001), but not with average grade in science subjects (r = 0.080, p = 0.099). Physical activity was positively associated with overall academic average (r = 0.169, p &lt; 0.001) and final PE grade (r = 0.166, p = 0.001), but not with average grade in science subjects (r = \u22120.009, p = 0.851). Overall academic average was strongly correlated with science average (r = 0.809, p &lt; 0.001) and moderately correlated with final PE grade (r = 0.474, p &lt; 0.001). multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)revealed a significant but small overall difference in combined academic and PE performance across the four sleep-duration and physical-activity groups (Pillai\u2019s Trace = 0.034, F(6, 870) = 2.522, p = 0.020, partial \u03b72 = 0.017). Follow-up analyses showed no significant group differences in overall academic average (F(3, 435) = 1.460, p = 0.225, partial \u03b72 = 0.010), whereas PE performance differed significantly across groups (F(3, 435) = 4.040, p = 0.007, partial \u03b72 = 0.027). Conclusions: Sleep duration and physical activity showed weak but significant positive associations with overall academic average and PE performance among Moroccan adolescents, whereas neither was significantly associated with average grades in science subjects. Combined sleep-duration and physical-activity groups differed significantly in PE performance, but not in overall academic average, with small effect sizes. These findings suggest that sleep duration and physical activity are associated with adolescent performance, although the magnitude of these associations is modest and should not be interpreted as causal. Further longitudinal research using objective measures of sleep and physical activity is warranted to clarify these relationships.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/clockssleep8030055","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,7]],"date-time":"2026-09-07T12:12:25Z","timestamp":1788783145000},"page":"55","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Associations of Sleep Duration and Physical Activity with Academic and Physical Education Performance Among Moroccan Adolescents"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-2919-7943","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anass","family":"Akhittouch","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Science Research Team, Institute of Sports Science, Hassan 1st University, Settat 26000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-original-draft","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"resources","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8350-7103","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hamid El","family":"Oirdi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Science Research Team, Institute of Sports Science, Hassan 1st University, Settat 26000, Morocco"},{"name":"Laboratory of Biotechnology, Environment, Agri-Food and Health (BEAS), Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco"},{"name":"Institute of Sport Sciences, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"validation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"project-administration","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Aziz","family":"Chokri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Science Research Team, Institute of Sports Science, Hassan 1st University, Settat 26000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"resources","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5209-1499","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mohamed","family":"Barkaoui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Science Research Team, Institute of Sports Science, Hassan 1st University, Settat 26000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"project-administration","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"funding-acquisition","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Said","family":"Ihbour","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Science Research Team, Institute of Sports Science, Hassan 1st University, Settat 26000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"visualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"formal-analysis","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Aziz","family":"Eloirdi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Science Research Team, Institute of Sports Science, Hassan 1st University, Settat 26000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-original-draft","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"project-administration","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"resources","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"validation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"visualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"75","DOI":"10.1016\/j.smrv.2013.03.005","article-title":"Functional Consequences of Inadequate Sleep in Adolescents: A Systematic Review","volume":"18","author":"Shochat","year":"2014","journal-title":"Sleep Med. 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