Children’s adherence to gender stereotypes can be detrimental, yet interventions tackle stereotyping have achieved mixed success. Few studies examined developed collaboratively by educators and researchers, the impact of that focus on increasing perceived similarities between genders has tested. The present study evaluated an intervention among 6- 10-year-old British children (47 boys; 37 girls...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to pilot-test a school-based intervention designed to increase consumption of whole grains by 4th and 5th grade children. DESIGN This multi-component school-based pilot intervention utilised a quasi-experimental study design (intervention and comparison schools) that consisted of a five-lesson classroom curriculum based on Social Cognitive Theory, sc...

Introduction Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent and impairing neurodevelopmental affecting 2-5% of children. These children are at risk negative health, social educational outcomes; ADHD incurs an estimated £670 million annual cost to education care in the UK. Children with often experience severe difficulties school despite drug treatment: effective psychosocial int...

smoking. Self-efficacy can be assumed as the best predictor of smoking behavior in adolescents. Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a school-based interventional program on smoking refusal self-efficacy in adolescent females. Method: This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 53 adolescent females in 2017. The participants were randomly divided into two groups of i...

CONTEXT In the aftermath of the Second Lebanon War, a project was initiated and designed to reduce tension in the children living in the area under bombardment. AIMS To assess the impact of yoga intervention in a group of Israeli school children residing in the region affected by the Second Lebanon War. SETTINGS AND DESIGN The study population included 122 school children aged 8-12 years in...

Objectives: Physical disability affects individual’s life and increases anxiety and depression. For this purpose, the present study aimed at investigating the efficacy of group emotion regulation training in reducing depression in students with physical disabilities.  Methods: The current international quasi-experimental study had a pre-test and post-test design with experimental and control g...

BackgroundNutrition behaviors of adolescent girls is of serious health concerns. Although nutrition education interventions in Iran have met with some success, most of them could not promote nutrition behavioral changes. The aim of our study is to determine a school-based nutrition education intervention to improve adolescents’ nutrition behaviors and behavioral mediators based on the social co...