the current research aims to present a typology of relationships with the opposite sex among young girls. the research was conducted using qualitative methods and grounded theory in addition to applying semi-structure and interactive interview techniques. the population consists of young girls aged 19-30 who live in the city of kermanshah. using purposive and theoretical sampling, 48 girls, who...

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AIM To assess the psychological health of war-traumatized children in different foster settings and compare them with children living with one or both parents, 7 years after the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHOD The study was carried out in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in March 2002. We assessed 186 (93 girls and 93 boys) elementary school children aged 12.7-/+1.8 years for wa...

The purpose of this study was to present the incidence significant correlations between body weight and height selected parameters feet among 7-13-year-old children. Material methods. which conducted children aged 7-13 years during period 3 years, in 6 half-year editions, allowed author record 16462 observations with regard measurement 48 describing feet, height. photogrammetric method used mea...

This study examined age- and sex-associated variation in peak oxygen consumption (VO2) of young male and female distance runners from an allometric scaling perspective. Subjects were from two separate studies of 9- to 19-yr-old distance runners from the mid-Michigan area, one conducted between 1982 and 1986 (Young Runners Study I, YRS I) and the other in 1999-2000 (Young Runners Study II, YRS I...

OBJECTIVE We investigated behavioural and socio-economic factors associated with obesity and weight dissatisfaction among Finnish adolescents. DESIGN A total of 60,252 Finnish adolescents aged 14 to 16 years filled in a questionnaire about their health, health behaviour and socio-economic background. Food choices were obtained by using a short food-frequency questionnaire. Obesity was defined...

OBJECTIVE To examine the cardiorespiratory response to exercise in healthy South Indian school children. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Cardiopulmonary Medicine Unit, Tuberculosis Research Center, Madras. SUBJECTS Data was obtained on 47 girls and 48 boys in the age group 7 to 14 years. INTERVENTION The children performed a graded maximal exercise stress test on a computerized treadm...

This study explores the potential relationship between a series of cognitive abilities and testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), androstenedione, and body mass index (BMI) measurements in 5-year-old children. 60 boys and 69 girls were administered a test (K-BIT) which provided measurements of fluid intelligence (Matrices subtest), crystallized intelligence (Vocabulary subtest), and IQ co...

OBJECTIVE To compare the morphology of the hymen in adolescent girls who have and have not had sexual intercourse involving penile-vaginal penetration. SUBJECTS Female patients aged 13 to 19 years, recruited from an urban adolescent medicine practice. METHODS Subjects were interviewed in private after completing detailed questionnaires and then underwent a physical examination. External gen...