Self-actualization profiles were plotted for 265 college-age able-bodied male athletes and 30 elite cerebral palsied male athletes, M age = 24.9, all of whom were international competitors. These profies were examined in relation to one another and in relation to two normative groups, one consisting of adults and one consisting of college students. Results indicated that collegeage able-bodied ...

The aim of this study was to investigate dental health status and oral health behavior and associated factors among university students in five ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam). Using anonymous questionnaires, data were collected from 3,344 undergraduate university students (mean age 20.5, SD=1.6; 58.3% female) from five ASEAN countries. Results indicate that...

OBJECTIVES To fully analyze and compare BMI among Han, Tibetan, and Uygur university students, to discuss the differences in their physical properties and physical health, and thus to provide some theoretical suggestions for the improvement of students' physical health. METHODS The cross-sectional random cluster sampling was used to investigate 10103 Han, Tibetan, and Uygur university student...

While homicide perpetrated by juveniles is a relatively rare occurrence, between 2010 and 2014, approximately 7%-8% of all murders involved a juvenile offender. Unfortunately, few studies have prospectively examined the predictors of homicide offending, with none examining first-time murder among a sample of adjudicated male and female youth. The current study employed data on 5908 juvenile off...

background and purpose: the aim of this research is to determine the factors contributing to academic attrition among day – course students of lorestan university of medical sciences. methods: in this case – control study all the day – course students who had at least one semester of an average mark under 12 in academic year 2000-2001 were chosen and then the same number of students with an ave...

cigarette use and its predicting factors among male high school students moeini b* , allahverdipour h received: 25 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: tobacco use among adolescents is one of the most important preventable problems that was known as a gateway drug to the use of other much more dangerous substances as marijuana and opium. etiology of tobacco use initia...

Materials and methods The questionnaire was fulfilled by 80 individuals with scoliosis on the internet and we evaluated their answers. The mean age of the participants at the time they received the questionnaire was 18.6±4,2 years (min:12years, max:36years). 35 patients were treated with surgery and 45 were treated with conservative management (brace or/and exercise). 18 individuals were male a...

Methods 86 healthy subjects (median age 45, range 24-81, 42 males) were recruited from hospital, university or via a local General Practitioner surgery. All were assessed with a cardiac history and examination, routine blood tests, 12 lead ECG, blood pressure and clinical CMR. Volunteers were excluded if any evidence of cardiovascular disease was found. Baseline differences between male and fem...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of endurance, resistance and concurrent training on plasma leptin levels of male students. for this purpose, 48 male university students (mean age 21.45 years) participated in this study. subjects were randomly assigned to three exercise groups: endurance group (n=12), resistance group (n=12) and concurrent group (n=12) and a control group (n=...