BACKGROUND As school dropout is an important public health problem that needs to be addressed, we set out to examine whether and how, beyond the well-known effects of sex, gender beliefs and self-reported masculinity and femininity are related to school dropout. METHODS The study used a case-control design, consisting of 330 dropout cases and 330 controls still attending school. The responden...

The aims of this study were to investigate the gender differences in signs and symptoms Korean Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD) patients based on Research Diagnostic Criteria for Disorders (RDC/TMD) psychosocial characteristics. A total 1052 with TMD evaluated a questionnaire medical history, clinical symptoms, contributing factors, examination RDC/TMD, radiographic examination. RDC/TMD axis II...

Boys and girls establish relatively stable gender stereotyped behavior patterns by middle childhood. Parent-report questionnaires measuring children's gender-related behavior enable researchers to conduct large-scale screenings of community samples of children. For school-aged children, two parent-report instruments, the Child Game Participation Questionnaire (CGPQ) and the Child Behavior and A...