BACKGROUND Physical activity and sedentary behavior are common factors influencing cardiovascular health. However, how school and leisure-time activity/sedentary behavior are associated with physical fitness and blood lipid levels in primary school children in consideration of gender disparity remains unclear. METHODS Data was obtained from a health and nutrition survey on primary school chil...

background:leisure time activity is an important life-style habit. this study aims to determine the screen time ofa nationally representative sample of iranian children and adolescents. methods:this nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted as part ofthe fourth survey of a surveillance system. the participants consisted of 14880 students, with aged range from 6 to 18 years, living in 30 pr...

Background: Marital satisfaction is one of the most important signs of a favorable relationship between couples.This research aimed to survey the effectiveness of training using Bowen's family therapy approach on marital satisfaction of married women in the city of Aligodarz(In the west of Iran). Methods: This study was aquasi experimental study using a pretest-posttest design with a control g...

The integration of adults with mental retardation into community leisure services has become an accepted focus of community leisure service providers. Researchers and practitioners alike have discovered that participation in integrated recreation programs provides adults with mental retardation opportunities to acquire a variety of functional leisure and social skills. However, without specific...

This paper introduces the recent revision of WLO Charter for Leisure. It presents background and underlying reasons revision, positions in global human rights system, examines its potentially significant role leisure policy, research practice. References are made to United Nations Universal Declaration Human Rights (UDHR), which includes leisure-related rights, International Covenant on Economi...

This study aim at the influence of college students’ exercise and leisure motivations on the leisure benefits while using the leisure involvement as a moderator. Whereby, the research tools used in this study included the application of leisure motivation scale, leisure involvement scale and leisure benefits scale, and a hierarchical regression analysis was performed by using a questionnaire-ba...

^ ment and leisure. Problems of the family and industrialisation and of the woman lri industry. Problems of automation and Cental health, psychological factors in rapid industrialisation, deluding the relationship between changing industrial tasks 4 and personnel selection. 'raining of the mentally ill and Mentally retarded for industrial w?rk, and industrial therapy in Psychiatric hospitals.