The effectiveness of a school-based primary prevention psychological program is assessed in the present study. The program was designed to (a) improve students' distress-coping, (b) prepare them as "gatekeepers" with regard to self-destructive behavior of peers and (c) assess the program's face validity and social validity. The program was primarily based on cognitive-behavioral modification pr...

BACKGROUND Dokha is a novel form of smoking in United Arab Emirates (UAE) on which there is very little published literature, especially among adolescents, and this form of smoking has been not been addressed adequately in the smoking cessation strategies in the UAE. OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of dokha smoking among male secondary school students in Ajman UAE. MATERIALS AND METHODS...

The objective of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of varicella antibodies in healthcare workers and students of healthcare professions and to determine the validity of the self-reported varicella and zona history for detecting susceptible subjects. Personnel of Imam Reza hospital (Kermanshah-Iran) and students were recruited and a 5 mL blood sample was obtained from all participants....

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention to reduce bicycle injuries among rural middle school students in China. A one-year cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted with seventh grade students from six middle schools in two towns in rural Chaoshan, China. The two towns were randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. Road safety education mat...

student evaluation of the quality of instruction is considered as one of the most widely used methods for assessing faculty in universities. this study aimed to identify and compare faculty and students' views about the evaluation system of the quality of faculty teaching in 2011-2012 in ilam university of medical sciences. in this descriptive – analytical study, statistical population was incl...

In this study, the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) short form was used to gain insight about learning style characteristics that might influence students’ use of an online library of plant science learning objects. This study provides evidence concerning the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the Deep, Strategic and Surface scale scores when u...

The present study examined the predictive value of filial piety and parental involvement with respect to students’ academic behavior — orientation of achievement motivation and amotivation. Parental involvement was defined as the parents’ expectation, value on education and feedback perceived by the students. This study was conducted in Hong Kong by gathering data from a questionnaire survey at...

The original Social Emotional Distress Survey–Secondary (SEDS-S) assesses adolescents’ past month’s experiences of psychological distress. Given the continued need for and use brief measures student social-emotional distress, this study examined a five-item version (SEDS-S-Brief) to evaluate its surveillance wellness in schools. Three samples completed SEDS-S-Brief. Sample 1 was cross-sectional...

schools have been considered as a place to development individuals’ potential creativity. however, we should emphasis that in generally teaching process in our schools not preparing students to progress and high levels of explore sense. unfortunately, we are steel facing with training in which lecture is dominance, students are passive, of them asked to memorized trusts mechanically, students i...