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Çakiroglu, Temel – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine university students' quality of life and perceptions of exercise benefits and barriers according to the variables of department, class, family income, mother's education and father's education status. The research was designed in relational screening model. In this context, a total of 162 female university…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics, Females, Quality of Life
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Karadeniz, Soner; Can, Sema – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and educational periods in secondary school students. The study was conducted on 832 students, 418 girls (M[subscript age]: 12.99±.83) and 414 boys (Mage: 12.92±.85), who received dual and full-time education in the centre of Sivas Province. As data collection…
Descriptors: Correlation, Body Weight, Body Composition, Obesity
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Toruner, Ebru Kilicarslan; Savaser, Sevim – Journal of School Nursing, 2010
This research was conducted to assess the effect of a weight management program in Turkish school children with overweight and obesity. Forty one students formed the intervention group while 40 students formed the control group in two elementary schools. Students in intervention group were given seven training sessions in a period of 2.5 months.…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Obesity, Body Composition, Intervention
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Aras, Sahbal; Semin, Semih; Gunay, Turkan; Orcin, Esmahan; Ozan, Sema – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: The risk of sexually transmitted diseases is high but opportunities of sexual education for adolescents are limited in Turkey. The aim of this study was to evaluate sexual attitudes and behaviors and to determine the predictors of sexual initiation among adolescents. Methods: A questionnaire designed by the researchers was administered…
Descriptors: Females, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Ustundag-Budak, Meltem; Mocan-Aydin, Gul – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2005
This study investigates the role of optimism, health control beliefs, perceived health competence, and medical help-seeking variables in predicting the frequency of reported physical symptoms. A total of 345 college students (207 male and 138 female) were presented with the Life Orientation Test, Multidimensional Health Locus of Control, Perceived…
Descriptors: College Students, Personality Traits, Health Behavior, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)