aim: nowadays, the internet is considered as an appropriate means of transferring knowledge in education and research processes. however, overusing the internet may cause addiction. this problem may increase as the internet usage increases. this paper attempted to study the internet addiction among the students of yazd universities. methods: this research was a cross-sectional study conducted a...

Methods: The present study utilized a secondary descriptive design of data collected from a longitudinal study. The current sample consists of 314 participants selected from the original study’s 1,245 participants. All participants were recruited form three rural communities in central Texas. The study was approved by The University’s institutional review board; parents signed informed consents...

The current study aimed to investigate differences in beliefs about causes of obesity between Australian doctors, psychologists and a community sample. Forty-one doctors, 66 psychologists and 98 community members completed questionnaires regarding beliefs about causes to obesity, including measures of obesity stigma. The results showed a consistent pattern of beliefs across groups, with all thr...

Method Participants in the current study were part of the Australian Temperament Project. Participants were 1453 (702 females) adolescents and were assessed across five time points: 11-12 years (T1), 13-14 (T2), 15-16 (T3), 17-18 (T4), 19-20 (T5). Interpersonal problems were drawn from parent and self-reported questionnaires at T1 and T5. Data on depression was taken from self-reports at T2 and...

School Progression and the Grade Distribution of Students: Evidence from the Current Population Survey Education researchers have long made inferences about grade retention from the grade distribution of same-aged students. Recent economics studies have followed suit. This paper examines the validity of the “below grade” proxy for retention using data from supplemental questionnaires administer...

In search of ‘authentic pedagogy’ our longitudinal three year study (2002-04, funded by the Australian Research Council Linkage Scheme) with children and teachers in Years 3, 5 and 7 of Tasmanian Government and Catholic Education Schools is providing a rich data set from teacher questionnaires and classroom observations. The problem is to identify the variables and their relationships in the sp...

this study aimed to design a questionnaire including characteristics of successful iranian efl teachers and substantiate its construct validity. based on the guidelines laid down by efl professors (n=5), teachers (n=11), learners (n=46), and suwandee's (1995) questionnaire about the characteristics of effective language teachers, a questionnaire (likert scale) consisting of 47 items, was d...