Language is not only the representation of thinking, but also shapes thinking. Studies on bilinguals suggest that a foreign language plays an important and unconscious role in thinking. In this study, a software-Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count 2007-was used to investigate whether the learning of English as a foreign language (EFL) can foster Chinese high school students' English analytic thin...

school is the first social institution which affects adolescents' lives, and it determines their opportunities, life quality and behavior. thus, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between students' bonds with their school and multiple health risk behaviors amongst high school students in kerman city, iran.in this cross-sectional study, high school students of all levels par...

this study have done to assess knowledge 200 girls and boys from 20 schools in 18th districts in south of tehran about individual hygiene. for gathering data use a questionnaire by 30 questions about knowledge of health in different part of body. the results of study show most of subjects have relatively good knowledge about individual hygiene. but their knowledge in some areas is more than oth...

background: in people over 50, one out of three women and 12 men experience osteoporosis. youth lifestyle plays an essential role in increasing bone mass and preventing osteoporosis in old ages. thus, lifestyle changes during adolescence could cause the prevention of osteoporosis in older age. this study therefore conducted to investigate the lifestyle of female high school students in relation...

social anxiety disorder is a debilitating and chronic illness characterized by persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations, with a relatively high lifetime prevalence of 7% to 13% in the general population and various factors are involved in its creation. one of the factors that affect this disorder is personality trait. the present study compared the personality trait in ad...

abstract norton’s (1995) investment hypothesis in l2 learning that l2 learners who cherish and foresee a richer personality for themselves in their l2 context would thrive more diligently and consequently would both enrich their personality and achieve a higher proficiency in their new language was investigated in this study in the community of iranian efl students. the integration and mutual r...