Background Early childbearing is a major concern especially in developing countries. This study sought to understand student-parents’ perspectives of early childbearing, describe their individual experiences and identify the types support required for such young parents. Methods was an exploratory qualitative with semi-structured in-depth interviews among 20 purposively selected participants. A...

The aim of this study was to determine how sense of control and intrinsic motivation are related to university students' motivational structure and alcohol consumption. Participants were 94 university students who completed the Personal Concerns Inventory, Shapiro Control Inventory, Helplessness Questionnaire, Intrinsic-Extrinsic Aspirations Scale, and Alcohol Use Questionnaire. Results showed ...

background: unwanted pregnancies and their complications are one of the major problems facing women in the world. this study aimed to determine the factors that affect unwanted pregnancy in the population covered by the shahroud university of medical sciences in 2013. methods: in this case-control study, 116 cases and 251 controls were randomly selected from those who referred to health care ce...

OBJECTIVES Motivation in sport has been frequently identified as a key factor of young athletes' intention of doping in sport, but there has not been any attempt in scrutinizing the motivational mechanism involved. The present study applied the trans-contextual model of motivation to explain the relationship between motivation in a sport context and motivation and the social-cognitive factors (...

This study aims to analyze the relationship between knowledge and motivation of women childbearing age regarding vulva hygiene prevent leucorrhoea. The method used is quantitative with a cross-sectional research design. sampling technique was done using simple random data analysis chi-square test. results showed that many experienced leucorrhoea, relatively low low. In conclusion, there no sign...

CONTEXT The siblings of teenage parents are known to be at very high risk of teenage pregnancy, but little is known about how an older sister's childbearing affects a younger sibling's risk. Understanding these influences could help address the very high rates of pregnancy and childbearing among Latino adolescents. METHODS From 2005 through 2007, a sample of 41 Mexican American 12-18-year-old...

OBJECTIVE To identify reasons for inconsistent contraceptive use that antedate conception and continue to predispose participants in adolescent-oriented maternity programs to unsafe sexual practices after delivery. We hypothesized that teens who attributed their failure to use contraceptives before their first conception exclusively to concerns about their side effects and/or their own lack of ...