background: behavioral disorders are common in the pediatric age group. this study aims to assess the relationship between the frequency of behavioral and mental disorders and counseling with family members and friends in a representative sample of iranian children and adolescents. methods: in this nationwide study, 14880 school students, aged 6–18 years, were selected by cluster and stratified...

INTRODUCTION Sports and physical activity are major components of a healthy lifestyle. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between sport and physical activity and alcohol consumption among adolescent students based on gender. POPULATION AND METHODS Descriptive, crosssectional, comparative study conducted in adolescent students (aged between 14 and 17 years old) from th...

OBJECTIVE The study examined changes in and relationship between body mass index (BMI), leptin and adiponectin levels over a 3-year period in a pediatric population-based cohort. STUDY DESIGN A 3-year prospective cohort study of 268 boys and 251 girls aged 9-10 in Ina, Saitama, Japan. RESULTS Median body mass index (BMI) significantly increased from baseline (age 9-10) to follow up (age 12-...

The effect of self-evaluation of emotions on subjective adaption to school was investigated among junior high school students (n = 217: 112 boys, 105 girls) who participated in a questionnaire survey. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that for boys "Infringement and maladjustment" differed based on their self-evaluation of anger and anxiety. For girls, on the other hand, the s...

OBJECTIVES To assess the prospective associations between mother-adolescent and father-adolescent relationship quality and early sexual intercourse initiation (ie, ≤16 years) among a large sample of Dutch adolescents. METHODS Two waves of data from the Rotterdam Youth Monitor, a longitudinal study in the Netherlands, were used. The analysis sample consisted of 2931 adolescents aged 12 to 16 y...

The purposes of the study were to assess sprinting and agility performance characteristics and to determine the relationship between these two motor skills in elementary education students. Sprinting and agility performance were assessed in 176 children (88 boys and 88 girls) divided into three groups: Group 1 (G1, N = 98; 48 boys and 50 girls), from the first year of elementary education; Grou...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether there is an association between body mass index (BMI) and body esteem in young overweight and obese urban children, and to test peer relationship difficulties and perceived physical health as mediators of this relationship. METHODS Child self-reported body esteem, and parent-reported child peer relationship difficulties (being bullied by peers and peer rejection...

The purpose of the study. To assess relationship between Internet addictive behavior and clip thinking in schoolchildren
 Materials methods. 59 students both sexes 8th grade secondary school № 84 Krasnoyarsk took part A modified test based on J.S. Bruner questionnaire was used to diagnose type thinking. level addiction assessed using CIAS scale.
 Results. pronounced stable pattern sca...