background: this study sought the relationship between social support, mental health and demographic factors in new students of tehran university (2005-06). methods: this cross-sectional descriptive study enrolled 2916 university students. subjects were evaluated using demographic questionnaire, general health questionnaire-12 and social support scale. statistical analysis was performed by anov...

aims: the dramatic increase of smoking in adolescents has become one of the major challenges in most countries and it needs further consideration. the aim of this study was to determine the smoking prevalence and some related factors among high school students. instrument & methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was done in 2012-13 academic year in male and female high school students...

the current study intended to investigate the effectiveness of cooperative learning on math anxiety, attitude toward mathematics, and academic achievement of female high school students. the study method was experimental and was conducted by pretest-posttest design with the control group. the population included all female high school students (second year) who were studying experimental scienc...

introduction: a great percentage of aids infections occure in adolescence and youth. since that,studing and finding the most efficient teaching methods in order to improve their information ( knowledge) and attitude also to create o positive one and to creat preventive measures in the young and adolescent,is of great significance and priority. materials and methods: 7 school were picked randomy...

backgroundmanagement and control of adolescence aggression improves constructive relationships, quality of life, and academic achievement. this research aimed to study the impact of educational intervention on reduction of aggression among male high school students in ilam city, iran.materials and methodsthis quasi-experimental intervention study using the pretest-posttest method was conducted ...

gaining insights into the learners’ individual characteristics such as beliefs about language learning and their relationship with learning strategies is essential for planning effective language instruction. thus, the present study investigated the relationship between beliefs about language learning and learning strategy use in iranian high school students. this study also compared the correl...

This study was a controlled evaluation of a comprehensive school-based universal prevention program involving male and female students, parents, teachers, school administrators and local public health professionals. A total of 982 male and female Grades 6 and 7 middle school students (and 91 teachers/school administrators) completed self-report surveys at baseline on measures of body satisfacti...