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Children spend a lot of time with their parents who are the first agents that educate them. The parenting style implemented in the family influences other contexts outside home such as the school. There is evidence that a positive parenting style has an influence on school success. However, there are other variables related to school success, for example, temperament. The influence of parenting...

BACKGROUND The current study examined the associations between active commuting to school, cognitive performance, and academic achievement in Dutch adolescents. In addition, it was explored whether these associations were moderated by sex and mediated by depressive symptoms. METHODS Students in grades 7 and 9 (N = 270; mean age 13.4 years; 53% boys) were included. Active commuting to school w...

There are several variables that are associated with and that can influence school performance. The present study investigated the following: 1) the relationship between school performance and intelligence, language, and executive functions; 2) explanatory models for school performance. A total of 87 students in 5th grade of elementary school, attending a public school in São Paulo State, Brazi...

Using a nationally representative sample of 142 783 middle school (13-15 years old) and high school (16-18 years old) students in South Korea, this study examined whether (1) overweight and obesity are more likely to be associated with lower self-reported school performance; (2) overweight and obese students are more likely to enrol in a vocational high school as opposed to a general high schoo...

a standardized shift handover protocol: improving nurses’ safe practice in the area of medication and intravenous line in intensive care units     malekzadeh j [1] , etezadi jam t* [2] , mazlom sr [3] ,taseiri ar4     received: 21 apr, 2013 accepted: 25 jun, 2013   abstract   background & aims : poor communication among health care providers includes risk factors that should always take into ac...