Friends through school and family: Refugee girls’ talk about friendship formation

[School girls' perception and knowledge about breastfeeding].

OBJECTIVE To compare two groups of school age girls from different social strata were compared in terms of their perception and knowledge about breastfeeding. METHODS A structured questionnaire was applied to all 346 4th to 8th grade girls attending two schools, a private one, whose students belonged to the upper class (School A), and a public one, whose students belonged to the lower class (...

Development and evaluation of a leaflet for concerned family members and friends: ‘It’s safe to talk about suicide’

OBJECTIVES Significant others can play a key role in suicide prevention, but little attention has been given to the resources they may need in order to do so effectively. Based on previous qualitative research and working in partnership with suicide prevention charities, we developed a simple educational leaflet to help family members and friends recognise and respond to a possible suicidal cri...

Learning about Recycling and Reuse through Pre-School Games

Learning about Recycling and Reuse through Pre-School Games S.M. Shobeyri, Ph.D. H. Meybodi A. Saraadipoor S. Rashidi Environmental education is the most fundamental approach to environmental protection and can begin from the pre-school level and through the use of games. To show the effectiveness of this approach, a random sample of 30 preschoolers of ages 5 and 6 was se...

Unilateral Friendship Outcomes and Preschool Friendship Formation

Unilateral friendships provide a powerful mechanism to study friendship formation, because these friendships contain interest in friendship, but have not yet become full, reciprocated friendship. This longitudinal study investigated whether the conversations of unilateral dyads identified in the fall were predictive of that dyad’s relationship status in the winter. I hypothesized that the conve...

The Benefit of Friends: The Importance of Sexual Restraint and Friendship in Marriage Formation