The purpose of this study was to investigate the convergent and discriminant validity of the Student School Engagement Measure (SSEM) with 3 other measures of student well-being: (a) the School Engagement Scale, (b) the Student Engagement Instrument, and (c) the Student Life Satisfaction Survey. The data were analyzed from 370 8th-grade students from 3 middle schools in an urban school district...

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic disease that may affect patients’ quality of life. We investigated the quality of life (QoL) and its related factors in psoriasis patients. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 123 patients with psoriasis vulgaris were enrolled, who were at the age of 18-55 years. The QoL was assessed by the psoriasis disability index (PDI...

BACKGROUND Globally, stress in student nurses may have serious implications for health, absenteeism, and attrition. Despite this, there is scant research on student nurses' attitudes toward help seeking. OBJECTIVES To examine student nurses' attitudes toward stress and help-seeking. DESIGN METHODS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS A cross-sectional questionnaire survey design was employed to gather ...

absract  background: stress urinary incontinence is a common problem in the middleaged  women and can affect their quality of life. this study evaluated the effects of  pelvic floor muscle exercise on quality of life outcomes in women with stress urinary  incontinence .  methods: after baseline evaluation, 50 women were assigned for this clinical trial .  participants were instructed to do pelv...

background: background: premenstrual syndrome is mental - neural - endocrinal disorders that lead to impaired communication, natural activity, physical inactivity, and reduce motivation, careful activity daily living. if the sever it of the symptoms of pms is excessive, could be affected a person’s life style, health and welfare. this syndrome as a disease can be caused by changes in the demogr...

PURPOSE Psychological distress is common among medical students. Curriculum structure and grading scales are modifiable learning environment factors that may influence student well-being. The authors sought to examine relationships among curriculum structures, grading scales, and student well-being. METHOD The authors surveyed 2,056 first- and second-year medical students at seven U.S. medica...

Situated within a positive psychology perspective, this study explored linkages between adolescent students' positive subjective well-being and their levels of engagement in schooling. Specifically, using structural equation modeling techniques, we evaluated the nature and directionality of longitudinal relationships between life satisfaction and student engagement variables. It was hypothesize...

student life is a very different and highlychallenged course. specially, the beginning of student life is often associatedwith enormous psychological pressure, such as isolation from family and livingindependently, finding part-time jobs and dealing with various mental problems.this study has aimed to construct and validate a national student life scalefor drawing students' lives’ profile....