objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the prediction of depression on a group of ‎iranian older adults based on components of health locus of control.‎ method: sixty-six men and 42 women over the age of 55 were recruited from the retirement ‎clubs in shiraz, using convenience sampling. the participants completed the research ‎questionnaires including the geriatric depression scale...

The Short Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability is a structured judgement tool used to inform risk estimation for multiple adverse outcomes. In research, risk estimates outperform the tool's strength and vulnerability scales for violence prediction. Little is known about what its'component parts contribute to the assignment of risk estimates and how those estimates fare in prediction of non-...

OBJECTIVE The link between both bullying and victimisation and psychopathology has been well established. Forgiveness has been associated with better mental health. However, few studies have examined the relationship between adolescent forgiveness, psychopathology and bullying/victimisation. This study investigated forgiveness as a mediator of the adverse mental health problems experienced by b...

OBJECTIVE Adolescents' leisure activities are increasingly focusing on Internet activities, and today, these coexist with traditional leisure activities such as sport and meeting friends. The purpose of the present study was to investigate leisure activities, particularly Internet activities, among boys and girls with ADHD, and compare these with boys and girls from the general population. The ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of online interpersonal victimisation and its association with patterns of social networking site (SNS) use, offline victimisation, offline perpetration and parental conflict among Malaysian adolescents using SNS. METHODS A cross-sectional study of students from randomly selected public secondary schools in the state of Negeri Sembilan was conducted using...