BACKGROUND It is a recurrent finding that adolescent girls report psychological symptoms in a higher degree compared with boys. The explanations for this difference vary, but the psychosocial school environment has never been a focus in these explanations. The aim of this study was to analyse whether psychosocial factors at school were associated with a high degree of psychological symptoms amo...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether school connectedness demonstrated an independent protective association with risk of depression in students in grades 10 to 12 attending a high school in a rural community in southwestern Nova Scotia. METHODS Students at a high school in rural Nova Scotia participated in a self-completion survey in May 2009. Students were asked about a wide range of health-relat...

thalassemia (thal) is the most single gene disorders in southeast of iran. about one quarter of total iranian new thal cases were born in the sistan and balouchistan province so the aim of this study is to assess knowledge level and attitudes towards thal in high school students in zahedan, capital of sistan and balouchistan province in iran.cross-sectional descriptive survey.this study was con...

The paper is a study conducted to explore gender difference in goal orientation and learning strategies among elementary school students in relation to academic achievement. Elliot and Church’s (1997) Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ) and Biggs’ (2001) revised two-factor study process Questionnaire were used to measure achievement goal orientation and learning strategies among elementary sch...

background: this study aims to assess the frequency of some hygienic behaviors that is, tooth brushing and hand‑washing, in iranian school students at national level. methods: this nationwide study was conducted in 2011-2012 among 14,880 elementary, secondary and high school students who were selected by random cluster stratified multistage sampling from 30 provinces in iran. we used the global...

Background & Aims: considering the risks and complications resulting from tobacco use this study was performed to find the prevalence of paan use and its correlates among high school boys in Zahedan during the academic year 2007. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 292 high school boys of Zahedan were selected randomly. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data on demographic ...

BACKGROUND High school based chlamydia screening has been shown to increase uptake and detect hidden infections among sexually active adolescents. Our study aimed to: i) examine the proportions of 15-20 year-olds tested in a high school based screening and previously in clinical practice, ii) determine chlamydia prevalence according to testing pattern, and iii) examine factors associated with t...

BACKGROUND Population growth and use of the car in daily life entails new incidents and accidents everyday. Adolescents' entering the new world of adults, their insufficient knowledge of rules, and high-risk behaviors expose them to more risks. Accordingly, a study was conducted with the aim to evaluate the status of preventive behaviors in traffic accidents in boy and girl junior high school s...