This study explores the experiences of Saudi undergraduate medical students about intimate-area examination (IAE) and sexual history taking (SHT) skills and assesses the barriers and their impacts on students' learning. This survey-based study was performed at 2 Saudi university medical colleges and revealed that most of the students never performed IAE, that is, female breast, male genital, fe...

Although several cross-sectional surveys have shown that certain traits such as extraversion and neuroticism are related to emotion regulation, few studies have explored the nature of this relationship. The present study tried to explore the longitudinal relation between traits and emotion regulation strategies. The Interpersonal Self-Support Scale for Middle School Students (ISSS-MSS) and the ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the recognition of body image and food behavior factors according to the BMI. The subjects of this study were 242 7th grade students resided in San Francisco area. The degree of recognition for self-estimated physique of subjects by gender and by race showed no significant differences by gender but significant differences by race, showing that 20.0% wa...

background and objective: headache in children and adolescents is among the most common complaints that can cause impairment in their function. the current study is designed to evaluate the frequency and type of headaches and use of analgesics in a sample of female high school students in tehran. methods: three hundred female high school students were included in the study during september 2011...

OBJECTIVE To describe Finnish university students' childbearing histories, desires concerning childbearing, and awareness regarding the impact of age on female fertility. METHODS A national survey of Finnish university students in 2008. A questionnaire was sent to 9,967 Finnish undergraduate university students aged less than 35 years. Altogether, the questionnaire was answered by 1,864 men a...

background and aims: loneliness typically includes anxious feelings. it is particularly relevant to adolescence period. it has effect on physical and mental health. the present study aimed to identify the predictive factors of loneliness among high schools female students.methods: a cross –sectional survey was carried out among high schools female students in ilam during the academic year 2014-...

The focus of this study is to investigate whether there exist gender differences in students’ a prior knowledge about the CIS minor, and their perception, expectation and selection of a CIS minor. No significant gender difference was found in relation to students’ prior knowledge about CIS minor. It was found that male students perceive a CIS minor as more interesting than female students. When...

OBJECTIVE To study the anorexic behaviour and attitude among female medical and nursing students in a tertiary care hospital. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional survey to determine the proportion of anorexic behaviour among female medical and nursing students at The Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi was conducted. A multistaged sampling technique was utilized in which our study populat...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES With advances in knowledge about health promotion, public health professionals are in search for the determinants of personal health behaviours. This study was carried out to explore the level of engagement of north Indian students in health promoting behaviours; to determine their sense of coherence scores; and to ascertain the determinants of health promoting behaviour...

In order to find out the connected items of smoking habit and to consider its countermeasures of smoking, a questionnaire survey was carried out in July 1985 to 1451 1stand 2ndgrade college or university students. The percentages of students who were currently smoking and who smoked in the past were 75.9% of male students and 35.9% of females. 40.1 % of the male students and 42.6% of the female...