1 Faculdades COC, Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil 2 Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil 3 Pesquisador do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Abstract Objective: Sleep plays an important role in the physical and emotional development of adolescents. The aim of this study was to examine gender differences in...

Purpose This study investigated the effects of early shared reading and access to books on vocabulary in middle childhood pathways associated with later success.Method Path analysis data from four waves a national longitudinal children (N = 7,751) was used investigate direct indirect home literacy practices at age 3 attainment 9, controlling for demographic family characteristics. Children were...

This study aims to describe the learning trajectories of male and female students in solving fraction problems. The research subjects consisted a student who had same mathematical ability. Learning trajectory data for both were taken through fractional problem tests in-depth interviews. Observations focused on four stages strategies, namely understand problem, divide plan, carry out look back. ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether objectively measured physical activity and dietary macronutrient intake differentially predict body fat in adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes and control girls. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This study comprised 23 girls (12-19 years) with type 1 diabetes and 19 age-matched healthy control girls. At baseline, physical activity and ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders and affects approximately 6 to 7 % of children and adolescents; ADHD occurs about four times more commonly in boys than girls [1-3]. The characteristic features of children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are excessive motor activity, inattentio...

backgroundnutrition behaviors of adolescent girls is of serious health concerns. although nutrition education interventions in iran have met with some success, most of them could not promote nutrition behavioral changes. the aim of our study is to determine a school-based nutrition education intervention to improve adolescents’ nutrition behaviors and behavioral mediators based on the social co...

In the first longitudinal, population-based study of full-day kindergarten (FDK) outcomes beyond primary school in Canada, we used linked administrative data to follow 15 kindergarten cohorts (n ranging from 112 to 736) up to grade 9. Provincial assessments conducted in grades 3, 7, and 8 and course marks and credits earned in grade 9 were compared between FDK and half-day kindergarten (HDK) st...

BackgroundNutrition behaviors of adolescent girls is of serious health concerns. Although nutrition education interventions in Iran have met with some success, most of them could not promote nutrition behavioral changes. The aim of our study is to determine a school-based nutrition education intervention to improve adolescents’ nutrition behaviors and behavioral mediators based on the social co...

The purpose of this study was to examine the bullying participation profiles in relation demographic variables (sex, grade, and ethnicity), further investigate associations between student well-being indicators. A final sample for analyses consisted 725 elementary school children (fourth sixth grades). Four latent were identified through profile analysis: passive bystanding (8.00%), victimized ...