Abstract Aim Wearable activity trackers (wearables) are increasingly popular intervention tools for increasing child and adolescent physical (PA) levels. However, the large-scale habitual use of wearables in children adolescents is unknown. This study investigated prevalence wearable adolescents, what factors impact their use. Subjects methods utilised a cross-sectional survey ‘Capability, Oppo...

Mental health(MH) is a state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life. Their behaviour has impact on National Health Indicators like maternal and infant mortality.Adolescents are vulnerable to STIs, HIV/AIDS and Sexual-Abuse when there is ne...

Decades of masculinity research have concluded that society places higher demands on males to adhere to norms for low emotional expression; yet, countless studies find that emotional expression is integral to well-being. Unfortunately, this contradiction places boys and men in a tenuous position as they must navigate a bombardment of societal messages about the importance of emotional stoicism ...

The state of adolescents’ mental well-being has reached an alarming and worrying stage. Adverse life events, patterns family changes, changes in peer relationships, accompanied by the emergence health problems are significant factors influencing development psychosocial among adolescents. Unfortunately, only a small number adolescents will go for formal sources such as professional counsellors ...

Although delinquency is universal, few studies examined it from an Asian perspective, and even fewer considered adolescents of divorced families in Iran. The current study examined whether correlates of delinquency among western adolescents are similarly effective for predicting delinquency among adolescents from divorced families in the Mashhad city in Iran. Post-divorce parental conflict, mat...

This study examined the rate of suicide attempts and relevant variables and identified risk factors for suicide attempts among Korean adolescents. A cross-sectional study was performed using an anonymous, self-report questionnaire. A total of 2,100 Korean adolescents, including 1,321 student adolescents and 779 delinquent adolescents, were selected using a proportional stratified random samplin...

how to cite this article: talebian a, soltani b, haji rezaei m. causes and associated factors of headaches among 5 to 15-year-old children referred to a neurology clinic in kashan, iran. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):71-75. abstract objective headaches are common neurologic problems for children and adolescents. they are divided into two types: primary and secondary. primary headaches i...

To ensure that the best decisions are made for children and adolescents, these decisions should be made jointly by members of the health care team, the child or adolescent’s parents, and sometimes the child or ado­ lescent. Children and adolescents should be involved in decision-making to an increasing degree as they de­ velop, until they are capable of making their own deci­ sions about treatm...

We examined the associations between the parenting dimensions autonomy granting, over control, and rejection and children's anxiety, in relation to parent and child gender and child age. Elementary school-aged children (n = 179, M(age) = 10.27, SD = 1.30), adolescents (n = 127, M(age) = 15.02, SD = 1.54) and both their parents completed questionnaires on parenting and children's anxiety. Parent...