This study in 2003 determined the prevalence of smoking and its associated factors among high-school students in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. Out of 1095 students aged 14-18 years, 29% (31% boys, 26% girls) were occasional and 5% (6% boys and 2% girls) daily smokers. Among occasional smokers, 21% had family members who also smoked, whereas for students who had never tried smoking, no famil...

background one of human’s psychological needs is to have a transcendent relationship with an omnipotent and superior force. prayer and praise is one of the manifestations of human relationship with the lord of the universe. objectives the study aims to comparatively examine the effect of prayer and praise on peace of mind and physical health from male and female students’ points of view in gona...

This paper tries to study the effect of information and communication technology on the skills of the third grade of high school students in Neka . Among 1400 students were randomly chosen. More than 302 ones were randomly selected(boys and girls). By a questionnaire which had 40 questions shows more than 87% of Alfa Cronbach coefficient. One group T-Test and independent T-test were analyzed an...

.. Objectives: To determine morphometric measurements of external ear among medical students of Nawaz Sharif Medical College, University of Gujrat. Study Design: Cross sectional. Setting: This study was done among students of First & Second year MBBS classes at Nawaz sharif Medical College, University of Gujrat. Period: 2015. Methodology: The study group consisted of 120 girls and 80 boys with ...

Obesity and its related emotional and physical consequences are a worldwide problem. Obese individuals are usually stigmatized. This study is proposed to assess the correlation between body mass index, gender and age with psychiatric symptoms among Iranian students. A number of 9172 students aged 10-18 years (53.5% girls and 46.5% boys) from all provinces of Iran participated in this study. Dat...

The purposes of the study were to assess sprinting and agility performance characteristics and to determine the relationship between these two motor skills in elementary education students. Sprinting and agility performance were assessed in 176 children (88 boys and 88 girls) divided into three groups: Group 1 (G1, N = 98; 48 boys and 50 girls), from the first year of elementary education; Grou...

INTRODUCTION During the past 3 decades, the number of overweight adolescents increased while adolescent engagement in physical activity decreased. We investigated the prevalence of overweight and physical activity levels among economically disadvantaged and minority middle- and high-school students in a school district in Florida. In particular, data on physical activity levels of middle-school...

Purpose: to clear up effectiveness of learning-education process for counteraction of students’ harmful passion to computer games’ ubiquity. Material: 1st – 3rd year students (main health group) were the objects of the research. In total they were 952 boys and 523 girls. In 1st year students’ academic groups testing was carried out ant the beginning of academic year (October); in academic group...

PURPOSE The current study examines the associations between a range of risk factors and reports of suicide attempts and attempts requiring medical care in a nationally representative study of high school students. The goal is to examine sex differences in the risk factors associated with suicide attempts and attempt-related injuries requiring treatment by a health-care provider. METHODS We us...

Elementary School Teachers' Classroom Management Skills and Students' Self-Efficacy A. Khedrikhaanaabaadi H. Poorshaafe'i, Ph.D. Given the fact that Iranian educational system is mostly teacher-based and the students' development is owed mostly to teachers' interactions with them, a question can be asked on the relationship between teachers' classroom management and students' ...