Self-actualization has been studied among various occupational groups such as managers, supervisors, administrators, counselors, principles teachers and secondary school boys and girls. The objectives of the study were to find difference in self – actualization of boys and girls, boys and girls studying in 9th and 10th class, boys studying in 9th class and 10th class and girls studying in 9th a...

In this article, the authors propose reference curves for height and weight for school children in the Kuching area, Sarawak. The school children were from primary to secondary schools (aged 6.5 to 17 years old) and comprised both genders. Anthropometric measurements and demographic information for 3081 school-aged children were collected (1440 boys and 1641 girls). Fitted line plots and percen...

This longitudinal study examined how school belonging changes over the years of high school, and how it is associated with academic achievement and motivation. Students from Latin American, Asian, and European backgrounds participated (N = 572; age span = 13.94-19.15 years). In ninth grade, girls' school belonging was higher than boys'. Over the course of high school, however, girls' school bel...

AIM To assess caffeine intake habits of Osijek high school students and identify the most important sources of caffeine intake. METHODS Adjusted Wisconsin University Caffeine Consumption Questionnaire was administered to 571 high school students (371 boys and 200 girls in the ninth grade) from Osijek, the largest town in eastern Croatia. The level of caffeine in soft drinks was determined by ...

BACKGROUND Adolescence in girls has been recognized as a special period marked with the onset of menarche. Even though menstruation is a natural process, it is associated with misconceptions, malpractices and challenges among girls in developing countries. However, much is not documented; school-absenteeism and dropout are a common problem among girls in rural Ethiopia. Focusing among school gi...

Recent studies [10, 23] using US nationwide databases showed high school boys spent significantly less time doing homework than girls, based on their responses to questionnaires and surveys. To investigate gender differences in homework in middle school, in this paper, we analyzed computer log data and standardized test scores of more than 1,000 7 grade students who participated in a large-scal...

Background: Training programs and providing essential information such as preborn educational programs for women, unmarried girls are essential as the most important prevention methods for control and prevention of health outcomes and disability. The current study conducted to assess the training effectiveness of Prevention Disability Package in high school girls in a community trail.Materials ...

obesity and its related emotional and physical consequences are a worldwide problem. obese individuals are usually stigmatized. this study is proposed to assess the correlation between body mass index, gender and age with psychiatric symptoms among iranian students. a number of 9172 students aged 10-18 years (53.5% girls and 46.5% boys) from all provinces of iran participated in this study. dat...

objective: the main objective of this study is to compare the efficacy of social skill training as a classroom program in schoolgirl students of a primary school with a control group. method: the 4th grade school girls of two classes in a primary school and at least one of their parents or caregivers participated in this study and they were allocated in the case and control groups. the student'...