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Premarital sexual activities among students in a university in Beijing, China.

BACKGROUND: Sexually transmitted diseases are becoming a serious public health problem in China. College students are recognized as one of the age groups most affected. GOAL: The goal was to investigate premarital sexual activities and condom use among ...
Liying Zhang, Xiang Gao, Zhaowen Dong, Yongping Tan, Zhenglai Wu (Sex Transm Dis, 200204)
premarital-sexual-activities-students-university-beijing-china.asp

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Grade-induced beliefs about undergraduate generalist social work practice competency.

Standardized criterion-referenced achievement testing of undergraduate generalist social work knowledge based on correct answers to specific questions is compared to several norm-referenced measures of student learning, including student self-reports and ...
John H Noble, John J Stretch (Eval Rev, 200204)
grade-induced-beliefs-undergraduate-generalist-social-work-practice.asp

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Knowledge of possible pregnancy at first coitus: a study of in-school adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria.

This paper discusses the reproductive health knowledge of Nigerian in-school adolescents, with special reference to pregnancy occurrence at first coitus. The data were derived from an Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) survey carried ...
Kola A Oyediran, Gbenga P Ishola, Alfred A Adewuyi (J Biosoc Sci, 200204)
knowledge-possible-pregnancy-first-coitus-study-school-adolescents.asp

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Social anxiety spectrum: gender differences in Italian high school students.

Gender differences in the social anxiety spectrum and their correlation with other psychopathological features were analyzed in 520 students by using two questionnaires: the Social Anxiety Spectrum Self-Report (SHY-SR), which explores social anxiety ...
Liliana DellOsso, Marco Saettoni, Alessandra Papasogli, Paola Rucci, Antonio Ciapparelli, Adolfo Bandettini Di Poggio, Francesca Ducci, Carolina Hardoy, Giovanni Battista Cassano (J Nerv Ment Dis, 200204)
social-anxiety-spectrum-gender-differences-italian-high-school.asp

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Do you know your brain? A survey on public neuroscience literacy at the closing of the decade of the brain.

What does the public know about the developments offered by brain research? What factors influence public neuroscience literacy? What issues need to be emphasized to the public? To address these questions, a survey was conducted using a questionnaire ...
Suzana Herculano-Houzel (Neuroscientist, 200204)
know-your-brain-survey-public-neuroscience-literacy-closing-decade.asp

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Predictors of posttraumatic stress in civilians 1 year after air attacks: a study of Yugoslavian students.

The level of posttraumatic stress, other psychological symptoms, and potential predictors were assessed in 139 medical students 1 year after experiencing air attacks in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Eleven percent of the students showed high levels of ...
Jelena Gavrilovic, Dusica Lecic-Tosevski, Goran Knezevic, Stefan Priebe (J Nerv Ment Dis, 200204)
predictors-posttraumatic-stress-civilians-year-after-air-attacks.asp

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Attitudes of Hungarian students and nurses to physician assisted suicide.

In Hungary, which has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world, physician assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia are punishable criminal acts. Attitudes towards self destruction and assisted suicide are, however, very controversial. We ...
S Fekete, P Osvath, A Jegesy (J Med Ethics, 200204)
attitudes-hungarian-students-nurses-physician-assisted-suicide.asp

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The lay concept of "mental disorder" among American undergraduates.

Lay concepts of "mental disorder" were investigated in a pilot study of beliefs about 68 conditions, 47 of which corresponded to DSM-IV mental disorders. Undergraduates who had no formal education in abnormal psychology rated the conditions on features ...
Nick Haslam, Cezar Giosan (J Clin Psychol, 200204)
lay-concept-mental-disorder-american-undergraduates.asp

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Motives to study and socialization tactics among university students.

The authors focused on the period following students admission to university and examined the effects of students motives to study and socialization tactics on their academic achievement and academic satisfaction. The authors hypothesized that ...
Ronit Bogler, Anit Somech (J Soc Psychol, 200204)
motives-study-socialization-tactics-university-students.asp

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Naturally occurring mentoring in Japan and the United States: social roles and correlates.

Although the word "mentor"has traditionally been used to describe a relationship between an older adult and a younger person, recent work has extended its usage to relationships with peers and groups rather than with individuals and uncoupled the ...
Nancy Darling, Stephen Hamilton, Teru Toyokawa, Sei Matsuda (Am J Community Psychol, 200204)
naturally-occurring-mentoring-japan-united-states-social-roles.asp