Prior research has documented negative, concurrent relations between internalizing symptomatology and academic achievement among adolescents. The present study provided the first rigorous, longitudinal examination of the bi-directional, prospective relations between adolescent internalizing symptomatology and academic achievement. One hundred and thirty adolescents reported depression and anxie...

conclusions the results of the current study show that conducting assertive training in high school students decreases their anxiety, stress, and depression. given that high school years are among the most sensitive stages of one’s life plus the fact that conducting such training programs besides their safe and low cost nature are effective and practical, it is highly recommended that such prog...

Among professional musicians as well as among music students, performance anxiety occurs frequently and can cause considerable distress. As the professional development starts early among future musicians, younger samples are of great interest, but to date, few studies have examined adolescents. The present survey explored performance anxiety in a sample of 15-19-year-old pupils who attended a ...

separation anxiety disorder (sad) is characterized by developmentally inappropriate and excessive anxiety concerning separation from home or those to whom the individual is attached. literature suggests that child attachment and anxiety symptoms are related. the aim of this study is to discover which symptoms of separation anxiety were associated with avoidant and/or ambivalent attachment. a to...

abstract the present study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between efl learners’ anxiety and writing complexity. for the purpose of the study, 70 female learners, between 17 and 24 years old (mean=20) from najm language school in tehran participated in the study. the participants’ level of anxiety was measured using horwitz, horwitz, and cope’s anxiety questionnaire (1986) and th...

the purpose of this study was to explore the role that perceived childhood attachment, family functioning and attribution styles have in social anxiety of high school students. 430 iranian students were selected by multistage cluster sampling from high schools of isfahan city. participants completed measures of childhood attachment to each parent (hazen and shaver, 1986), the family adaptabilit...

OBJECTIVES To determine the magnitude of absenteeism and its correlates and to develop a model to predict absenteeism in school children. DESIGNS A cross-sectional study. SETTING three government schools in Delhi. PARTICIPANTS 704 students, aged 10 to15 years. METHODS students were registered and interviewed using a pre designed questionnaire. The frequency and causes of school absentee...

effect of aromatherapy with essential damask rose oil on anxiety of the active phase of labor nulliparous women     kheirkhah m [1] ,setayesh valipour n* [2] ,neisani samani l [3] ,haghani h [4]     received: 4 may, 2013 accepted: 16 jul, 2013    abstract  background & aims : anxiety in women during labor is the most common emotional reactions and undesirable effects on the fetus and the mother...

Math anxiety is influenced by environmental, cognitive, and personal factors. Yet, the concurrent relationships between these factors have not been examined. To this end, the current study investigated how the math anxiety of 30 sixth graders is affected by: (a) mother's math anxiety and maternal behaviors (environmental factors); (b) children's arithmetic skills (cognitive factors); and (c) in...