the purpose of this study was to explore the effects of group assertive training on social anxiety, social skills and academic performance of high school adolescents in isfahan city. the sample includes 60 students selected by random multistage sampling method. they were randomly divided into experiment and control groups. participants in this study completed a battery of scales including watso...

Current estimates suggest that between 8 and 22% of children and adolescents may suffer from an anxiety disorder. Effective intervention efforts are therefore clearly needed to reduce the likelihood of anxious symptoms and promote healthy functioning. One intervention that appears feasible for use in schools and was designed to target anxiety symptoms is the FRIENDS for Life program. Evaluation...

Defining the effectiveness of the way instructing how to control stress in students' universe. This method is a half – experimental work by dividing randomly 320 subjects into eight groups (Four experimental and four criterion groups into two sexual groups ) by virtue of eight sessions to instruct the subjects how to control stress in order to decrease anxiety and depression. They were tested b...

This cross-sectional study examined relations between affluent adolescent adjustment and culturally salient factors within parent-child relationship and extracurricular domain. Bootstrapping techniques evaluated mediated effects among parental perfectionism, perceived parental pressure, intensity of organized activity (OA) involvement, and adolescent adjustment (i.e., depressive and anxiety sym...

Background: The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the relationship between mindfulness, anxiety, and procrastination in high school students. Methods: The study sample consisted of 350 high school female students in Rasht City, Iran. The study subjects responded to the Academic Procrastination Scale (APS), the Cognitive Emotion ...

Math anxiety indicates psychologically a negative mind-set towards solving mathematical problems which impacts on students‟ learning practices and outcomes. In looking more closely at why a remarkable no of students may be struggling for improvement in mathematics in comparison to other subjects, it is timely to consider, the math anxiety factor. This literature review looks at the concept of m...

This study examined the relationship between computer anxiety and computer selfefficacy of students and teachers in elementary and secondary schools. The sample included a total of 845 subjects from two private school systems in Turkey. The Oetting’s Computer Anxiety Scale was used to measure computer anxiety whereas the Murphy’s Computer Self-Efficacy Scale was used to measure computer self-ef...

During the last eight years, interest in assessing the comparative performance of teachers, schools and educational policies has greatly increased in the USA, the UK and other countries. Particularly in the context of declining budgets for education, a serious concern for accountability and effectiveness of the school systerr1 has led to attempts to rate teachers, schools, education authorities...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the component structure and reliability of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents, self-report version (LSAS-CA-SR), in a Spanish community population. The sample was made up of 422 students from elementary and high schools, aged between 10 and 17 years. Exploratory factor analysis isolated one component for the Anxiety subscale ...