this study was conducted to examine family social capital and sport participation adolescent students. the statistical population consisted of male and female students in rasht city who were studying at third grade state high schools in 2011-2012 (n=5682). the sample was 415 adolescent students (155 males, 265 females) who were selected by cluster-stratified sampling method using morgan table. ...

People's fear and anxiety about doing math--over and above actual math ability--can be an impediment to their math achievement. We show that when the math-anxious individuals are female elementary school teachers, their math anxiety carries negative consequences for the math achievement of their female students. Early elementary school teachers in the United States are almost exclusively female...

OBJECTIVE Determining agreement between adolescent students' self-perceived weight and body mass index (BMI) in Bogotá, Colombia. METHOD This was exploratory research in which a group of 321 12-18 year-old (mean=14.4; SD=1.6) adolescent students participated: 206 girls and 115 boys. Agreement between self-perceived weight (0=low, 1=adequate and 2=high) and BMI was estimated using Spearman's c...

BACKGROUND Infection of specific high risk Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is known to cause cervical cancer and two prophylactic vaccines have been developed against two major high risk HPV types 16 and 18 for prevention of cervical cancer. Because of societal, religious and ethical issues associated with the vaccination of adolescent girls in India together with lack of awareness about HPV and ...

AIM The research investigated the feeling of sadness, suicidal thoughts and plans associated with binge drinking among students in Timis County, Romania. MATERIAL AND METHODS We applied a transversal population study to the representative sample of 2076 students, 62.49% girls and 37.51% boys with a mean age of 21.09 years with SD 1.48. RESULTS The boys practice binge drinking significantly ...

Background: Obesity is considered as one of the most important nutrition and health issues among adolescents in the developing countries. In this respect, risks and problems associated with obesity can put a huge burden on the health care system of a society. Moreover, underweight and malnutrition are also prevalent in developing countries and impose enormous health care expenditures on individ...

OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence of body image dissatisfaction and associated factors among students in Salvador, Brazil. METHODS A cross-sectional study involving a random sample of 1,494 (852 girls and 642 boys) adolescents between 11 and 17 years of age who were students in the public schools in Salvador, Brazil. Participants completed the Body Shape Questionnaire and the Eating Attitu...

background one of human’s psychological needs is to have a transcendent relationship with an omnipotent and superior force. prayer and praise is one of the manifestations of human relationship with the lord of the universe. objectives the study aims to comparatively examine the effect of prayer and praise on peace of mind and physical health from male and female students’ points of view in gona...

PURPOSE The current study examines the associations between a range of risk factors and reports of suicide attempts and attempts requiring medical care in a nationally representative study of high school students. The goal is to examine sex differences in the risk factors associated with suicide attempts and attempt-related injuries requiring treatment by a health-care provider. METHODS We us...

BACKGROUND The purposes of this study were to determine if a) gender moderated the relationship between self-efficacy and physical activity (PA) among youth in Alberta, Canada, and, alternatively b) if self-efficacy mediated the relationship between gender and PA. METHODS A novel web-based tool was used to survey a regionally diverse sample of 4779 students (boys = 2222, girls = 2557) from 11...