The aim of the study was to find out the prevalence and frequency of oral hygiene habits among intermediate and secondary school students in Riyadh. The study was carried out using a self-administered questionnaire. Seventeen hundred students responded with a response rate of85%. The age range of the students was 12-20 years (mean 15.39 and SD ± 2.08). The results showed that daily oral hygiene...

Alcohol consumption among secondary school students is a major public health issue worldwide; however, the extent of consumption among secondary school students and their understanding of its effects on human health remain relatively unknown in many Nigerian States. This study aimed to determine the extent of alcohol consumption and of the awareness of its negative effects on human health among...

It is unknown if, and how, students redefine their sense of school belongingness after negotiating the transition to secondary school. The current study used longitudinal data from 266 students with, and without, disabilities who negotiated the transition from 52 primary schools to 152 secondary schools. The study presents the 13 most significant personal student and contextual factors associat...

Background and aims: Students experience some degrees of mental disorders during their life. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the prevalence and risk factors of mental disorders among the secondary school students in Ilam, Iran. Methods: This is a cross sectional study, carried out among the secondary school students in Ilam, Iran. ...

the study investigated secondary school students' environmental awareness in india and iran. nine hundred and ninety-one students were selected through the stratified random sampling technique from 103 secondary schools of mysore city (india) and tehran city (iran). subjects consisted of 476 boys and 515 girls. they were assessed using the environment awareness ability measure (eaam). resu...

This present study was designed to study the self-efficacy and social maturity of secondary school students in relation to their gender and types of school. The study was conducted over a sample of 200 randomly selected secondary school students studying in class 11th of Samba District (J&K). For data collection the investigator has used Self-efficacy scale constructed and standardized by Dr. G...

Students negotiate the transition to secondary school in different ways. While some thrive on the opportunity, others are challenged. A prospective longitudinal design was used to determine the contribution of personal background and school contextual factors on academic competence (AC) and mental health functioning (MHF) of 266 students, 6-months before and after the transition to secondary sc...

The objectives of the study were: (i) to study the learning strategies of Secondary school students, (ii) to study differences in the learning strategies of secondary school studentsof different streams of study (iii) to study the relationship between learning strategies and academic achievement of secondary school students. 1167 secondary school students of Punjab were administered Motivationa...

The aims of the study were to estimate the prevalence of excessive weight in infants and school-age children in Sarajevo Canton, to isolate the main causative agents and to propose a strategy for its efficient prevention. The methods included anthropometry and originally designed questionnaire. Calculated body mass index was classified according to the criteria proposed by Centre for Disease Co...