Introduction: AIDS is one of the most serious health problems and one of the deadliest contagious and infectious diseases of this century. With lack of sufficient awareness of this disease, adolescents easily put themselves at risk of it. Increased knowledge about AIDS and attitude is the best way to prevent the disease. The goal of this research was to study the effect of group counseling on A...

Children and Adolescents Depression Scale (CADS) is a self-report scale designed for diagnosis and assessment of the level and intensity of MDD in children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric and factorial structure of CADS as well as major depressive disorder (MDD) status among adolescent girls (14-19 years). 417 female adolescent students from different areas...

Background and Objectives: Family can affect children's self-esteem and mental health in different ways. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived  parental violence and religion and self-esteem in high school adolescent girls in Tehran in 2017. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, the sample included 350 girls selected by multi-stage random sampl...

Introduction: Smoking approval by friends and teachers seems to increase the probability of smoking by the students. This study aimed to determine whether adolescent smoking is associated with teachers or other students smoking, after controlling for confounders. Methods: A sample of the 3rd grade students of Tehran's high schools were asked to complete a 21 item questionnaire, including demog...

  This survery investigated the secondary school students attitude regarding parent- adolescent inter-relationships. The study covered 19 town districts in Tehran.   Following a multi-stage process 150 girls and boys attending secondary school with an age range of 13-15 years were selected randomly.   A two parts questionnaire was developed. The first part covered information on personal and so...

The purpose of this study was the effectiveness of the Instruction of Mindfulness-based stress Reduction Program on the Happiness of Mothers Intellectual Disability Adolescent in Kermanshah. The research method was quasi- experimental with time series (pretest, posttest) and control group design. The statistical sample of this research was 30 mothers of intellectual disability adolescent from e...