BACKGROUND The prevalence of physical activity among lower educated adolescent girls is low, suggesting it is important to have insights into the complex processes that may underlie their physical activity levels. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the mediating effects of self-efficacy, perceived benefits and barriers on the associations between peer and parental variables and physical act...

BACKGROUND Studies of effectiveness of school-based prevention of substance misuse have generally overlooked gender differences. The purpose of this work was to analyse gender differences in the effectiveness of a new European school-based curriculum for prevention of substance misuse among adolescents. METHODS The European Drug Abuse Prevention (EU-Dap) trial took place in seven European cou...

background & aim : adolescence is a sensitive period and psychological health during this period is of significant importance. several studies suggest that self-esteem is a better predictor of success in studying than intelligence scores. having assertiveness is considered important in having a high self-esteem. this study has been carried out in order to determine the influence of assertivenes...

Background. Skinfold thickness (SFT) measurements are a reliable and feasible method for assessing body fat in children but their use and interpretation is hindered by the scarcity of reference values in representative populations of children. The objective of the present study was to develop age- and sex-specific percentile curves for five SFT measures (biceps, triceps, subscapular, suprailiac...

Momina A. Khan presents Three Poems" with personal photographs concerning memory, self and place as a Muslim Pakistani Canadian woman.

Abstract The present study examines and explores the indirect effects of intrinsic extrinsic religiosity on well-being, namely self-esteem life satisfaction, through presence search for meaning in life, its gender difference among adolescents. 301 girls 395 boys from Hong Kong participated this cross-sectional survey study. Independent t-test, correlation four mediation model analyses with a bo...

Purpose: Overweight or obese children and adolescents face a lack of confidence in their physical abilities, and show poorer motor and fitness performances, compared to healthy weight peers. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical self-efficacy and VO2 max in healthy weight versus overweight female adolescents. Methods: This was a cross-sectional cor...