Morad Abdivarmazan; fataneh jafari
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The aim of this study was to construct and validate a scale for measuring the dimensions of Bullying in adolescents. The method used in the preliminary construction of the items was based on a library study of theoretical concepts and validation by experts using the content validity ratio coefficient ...
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The aim of this study was to construct and validate a scale for measuring the dimensions of Bullying in adolescents. The method used in the preliminary construction of the items was based on a library study of theoretical concepts and validation by experts using the content validity ratio coefficient CVR (Lawshe, 1975) and content validity index CVI (Waltz & Bausell, 1981). Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the validity and factor analysis of the scale by using the Partial Least Squares Method. In the content validity phase, 40 items were prepared and 35 items were approved by experts. In the initial study with a sample size of 48 people, 3 items were removed and 32 items remained, which formed the initial scale. The study population was Iranian adolescents that Their age was 12 to 19. Sampling was done by available method and the sample size was 639 people. Examination of the data in exploratory factor analysis showed that 29 items had acceptable factor load and the other 3 items that did not have acceptable factor load were removed. Examination of the data showed that the 3-factor structure has the best fit in the structural model and explains 53.99% of the variance in total. Confirmatory factor analysis and validation of the remaining items showed that the scale of measuring bullying in adolescents is a reliable self-report scale for use in research related to measuring the prevalence and tendency to bullying and superiority seeking.
mohammad hossein khani; Mohammad Hossein Khani; Seyede Khadije Moradianie geizeh rod
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between school safety and school engagement. The population is taken from students of the public high school of Rey, Tehran. The total numbers of the participants are 322 which were selected by the random cluster sampling method. School safety ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between school safety and school engagement. The population is taken from students of the public high school of Rey, Tehran. The total numbers of the participants are 322 which were selected by the random cluster sampling method. School safety was measured using the Revised School safety Questionnaire (Skiba, Simmons, Peterson& Forde, 2006). School engagement was measured using the Revised School engagement Scale (Wang, Willett & Eccles 2011). The SPSS 18 and STATGRAPHICS 5.1 were used to conduct a canonical correlation analysis. Results from the canonical correlation model revealed that there is 3 significant set between school safety and school engagement. According to the first set, school climate and learning safety support shared 0/43 of the variance with self-regulated learning, belonging to school and using cognitive strategy .According to the second set, school climate, absence of delinquency, personal safety, and absence of incivility support shared 0/10 of the variance with self-regulated learning, belonging to school, using cognitive strategy, and passion to learn. According to the third set, school climate, absence of delinquency, connection, learning safety support shared 0.05 of the variance with self-regulated learning, belonging to school, and using cognitive strategy. In sum, in schools which we can see more safety, we can see more engagement. This result can be explained through Lewin's Field Theory, ecological perspective of Brenner, and Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Shahram Mohammad Khani (PhD)
Volume 4, Issue 12 , July 2008, , Pages 38-69
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Alcohol, tobacco and drugs used among adolescents are significant public health concern. This study was carried out to examine risk and protective factors associated with alcohol, tobacco and other illicit drugs used among 13-18 years-old adolescents. A national sample of 2538 high school and pre-university ...
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Alcohol, tobacco and drugs used among adolescents are significant public health concern. This study was carried out to examine risk and protective factors associated with alcohol, tobacco and other illicit drugs used among 13-18 years-old adolescents. A national sample of 2538 high school and pre-university students (1255 girls and 1283 boys) completed Risk and Protective factors Inventory (RAPI) and drug abuse questionnaire. Data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis. A variety of risk and protective factors in several domains are associated with drug abuse. In family domain risk factors such as poor family bonding and high level of family conflicts and in individual domain high level of sensation seeking, positive attitude toward drug use, negative self-concept, lack of assertiveness and negative moods are powerful predictors of alcohol, tobacco and drug used among adolescents. In social and school domains peer pressure and poor commitment to school and negative psychosocial climate of schools were significantly correlated with drug used in adolescents. These findings suggest that effective prevention programs may need an integrative approach that focuses on the risk and protective factors associated with drug use in several domains. It highlights the importance of psychosocial education of parents, school staffs and adolescents. Lifeskills training program such as decision making, problem solving, coping and assertiveness skills may lead to increased self-esteem and self-efficacy which in turn lead to decreased using alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
parviz sharifi
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The research was made with the aim of comparison of mental hygiene state of divorce. fatherless and normal adolescents between 15 and 18 years old in Isfahan at 2005-2006. The research method was causal-comparative. Statistical universe was all the male and female divorce, fatherless and normal adolescents ...
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The research was made with the aim of comparison of mental hygiene state of divorce. fatherless and normal adolescents between 15 and 18 years old in Isfahan at 2005-2006. The research method was causal-comparative. Statistical universe was all the male and female divorce, fatherless and normal adolescents between 5 and 18, at Isfahan and studying at normal high schools in 2005-2006. Statistical sample was contained 252 divorces, fatherless and normal adolescent. So that.each group contained 84 adolescent (42 male and 42 femaletthat were selected with simple random method. Mean while, in sampling cluster and simple random sampling methods were used in corporately . in the research, group membership and sex were independent variables, mental hygiene stale were dependent variables and demographic trails was control variables. SCL-90-R inventory was used for analysis and comparison of subjects mental hygiene state and demographic inventory for analysis of subjects demographic characteristics. For data analysis, MANOVA analysis method, Tukey's honestly significant Difference Test (HSD)and mean were used . Then following results were obtainedfrom data analysis: There was a significant difference between average subjects scores in divorce, fatherless and normal groups in each 9 category SCL-90-R inventory (P=0/0001). Female's average scores in ( depression, anxiety, somatization , phobic anxiety and paranoid ideation) P=0/0001 was more than male's. Male's average scores in aggression (P=0/0001) and interpersonal sensitivity (P=0/0001) was more than female's. There was no significant difference between male's and female's average scores on obsession and compulsion and psychosis dimensions. The relation between group membership and sexuality on each of subscales(9 dimensions of SCL-90-R inventory) was not significant.The research findings were analyzed under the consideration of research results
