This study examined gender differences in the affective, behavioural, and cognitive components of anger in 102 students completing their first year of high school. Results supported not only the hypothesis that girls and boys do not differ in their experience (affective) of anger but also the belief that girls are more likely to express positively (behavioural) their anger than boys. Additional...

This study aimed to determine the association between overweight and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Tehranian school children. A total of 631 school children aged 8-14 year old were selected from elementary and secondary schools, and body weight status was determined according to WHO growth references for 5-19 year old children. Children were categorized into the overweight and non-o...

ôbjective: previous studies have suggested that anxiety disorders are more prevalent among women than men. the purpose of this study was to compare the metacognitive perspective of generalized ânxiety disorder (gâd) in females with males. methods: â cross sectional study was conducted on the high school girls and boys who have been affected by gâd. the sample consisted of 100 high school studen...

The relationship between students' school environment and exercise habits is complex, and is affected by numerous factors. However, the few studies that have been conducted on this relationship have reported inconsistent results, especially regarding Taiwanese students. We conducted this cross-sectional study to investigate the association of school environment and after-school physical activit...

Background: Identifying correlates of physical activity that can be targeted as potential mediators is important for developing interventions to promote physical activity in adolescent girls. However, the mediated effects of multilevel correlates of physical activity remain poorly understood. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine direct and mediated effects of personal, social and perce...

The Relationship between Moral Intelligence of High School Girls and Boys and their Attitude toward Pre-Marital Relationships M. Ilami The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between moral intelligence of high school girls and boys and their attitude toward pre-marital relationships. In this survey, 384 Mashhadi high school girls and boys, aged between 15 and 19, w...

Research specifically targeted at youth participation in STEM highlights the importance of community engagements outside school to bolster interest STEM. Representation women and encouragement girls’ fields parallels designing implementing curriculums that enhance middle school-aged fields. The Girls Day program hosted by UNLV Scientista Foundation is designed encourage girls color from Clark C...

This paper tests Caldwell’s mass schooling hypothesis in the context of rural Pakistan. His hypothesis was that the onset of the fertility transition is closely linked to the achievement of “mass formal schooling” of boys and girls. Punjab and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) were selected for this study because they appear to be on the leading edge of the demographic transition—a transition ...

Elementary schools in many countries record an unequal representation of male and female teachers with female teachers in huge majority. At the same time, numerous studies reveal that girls generally outmatch boys in the majority of school subjects. Consequently, possible effects of teacher–pupil gender interaction are becoming an important topic in studies on pupils’ school achievement. The ai...