the purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence rate of mental disorders in factory workers in shahr-e-kord and brojen. following a pilot study and determination of cut-off point for the srq-24 questionnaire, the study was carried out in two stages. in the first stage, 503 subjects were administered the questionnaire and in the second stage, 148 subjects who had scores equal to...

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess whether repairing hypospadias before or after 18 months affects psychological adjustment, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and surgical outcome. Subjects/Patients 77 boys with a current age of 6 to 17 years were assigned to two groups, according to whether they had a hypospadias repair before or after the age of 18 months. The surgical outcome...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the relationship between bullying and psychosocial adjustment is consistent across countries by standard measures and methods. DESIGN Cross-sectional self-report surveys were obtained from nationally representative samples of students in 25 countries. Involvement in bullying, as bully, victim, or both bully and victim, was assessed. SETTING Surveys were conduc...

Patients report a wide variety of emotional responses following stroke. Some individuals find the process of adjusting to their changed circumstances extremely difficult, while others cope well. Predicting and understanding patients' adjustment to stroke therefore poses challenges within rehabilitation settings. While research has revealed some of the variables associated with increased emotion...

This research aimed to measure social emotional adjustment of hearing impaired children from both primary and elementary levels in Bahawalpur Division. Social Emotional Assessment Inventory (SEAI) was used to collect data from teachers of randomly selected 256 hearing impaired children studying at primary and elemntary levels. Descriptive statistics and t-test were applied to analyse the data. ...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether repairing hypospadias before or after 18 months affects psychological adjustment, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and surgical outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventy-seven boys aged 6-17 years were assigned to one of two groups, according to whether they had a hypospadias repair before or after the age of 18 months. The surgical outcome was assessed using the...

Two-hundred and eighteen low-income, minority, adolescent mothers were interviewed during the perinatal period and 3 years later about their social networks, including their relationships with their children's fathers. Few adolescents were involved with fathers at both time points. Relationships with fathers were, in general, less supportive and less problematic over time. Moreover, although fa...

Early adolescence is one of the most challenging developmental periods of the life span. During this time, the nature of interpersonal relationships changes as youngsters begin to function in a vast array of new environments. As part of these changes, the establishment of healthy relations with peers and the development of a sense of emotional well-being become increasingly important. In this c...

Examined whether certain family structures modify the relationship between psychological adjustment and severity of physical illness, as measured by an index of functional status, among children with chronic illness. 352 families were divided into four types: two biological parents (n = 149), mother plus another adult relative (n = 47), mother plus unrelated spouse or partner (n = 23), and moth...