Temporomandibular disorders and oral habits in high-school adolescents: a public health issue?

ABSTRACT Objective: Determine the prevalence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) and its relationship with parafunctional habits in a sample of adolescents. Methods: The sample consisted of 129 high school students, between 16 and 19 years old in public schools. Data were collected through: a questionnaire about parafunctional habits and TMD symptoms, the Fonseca's index (DMF) and a summarized protocol of clinical evaluation of the TMD signals. These data were analyzed in a descriptive way, using statistical analysis by Chi-square test (x2) and Fisher's Exact test. Results: 84.5% of individuals showed a degree of auto-reported dysfunction. The most frequent parafunctional habit was chewing gum (65.9%) while the habit of biting objects was significantly associated with the presence of TMD symptoms (p = 0.042). There was a statistically significant association between TMD symptoms with variables such as gender (p = 0.032) habits (p = 0.014) and emotional stress (p <0.01), besides the association between the need of treatment and gender (p = 0.002) and stress (p <0.01). In addition, there was an association between muscle tenderness, unilateral mastication (p = 0.045) and chewing ice / lollipop (p = 0.04). Conclusion: It was concluded that there was not only a high incidence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction and parafunctional habits in high school students, but also an association among them, becoming necessary to establish public policies of prevention and access to treatment for these problems for that specific age group.

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Survey of school nurses’ experiences of providing counselling on sexual orientation to high school students in Japan

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health ◽

10.1515/ijamh-2019-0167 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Ryohei Terao ◽

Noriyo Kaneko

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

High Schools ◽

Sexual Orientation ◽

School Nurses ◽

Support Needs ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

School Students ◽

Chi Square ◽

Correlated Factors

AbstractObjectiveTo ascertain the prevalence and correlated factors of providing consultation on sexual orientation and the characteristics of school nurses in high schools in Japan.MethodsParticipants were school nurses working in high schools in Aichi prefecture. Items investigated included background, experiences in providing counselling on sexual orientation, the availability of materials and resources for students, and learning experiences concerning how to handle sexual orientation concerns. We divided the respondents into two groups: one group who have provided counselling on sexual orientation before and one group with no such experience. Chi square tests were utilized to compare the responses between groups.ResultsAmong the respondents, 38.9% (n = 140) had previous experience of providing counselling to students on sexual orientation. The group with experience of providing counselling is more likely to have 10–29 years of experience, to work at a senior high school, to be informed on notifications from the Ministry of Education, to have experience of learning how to provide counselling on sexual orientation, and to be aware of effective resources.ConclusionIn Japan, it is expected that the support needs related to LGBTI will become more obvious in the future and efforts to create an environment in which it is easy for young people to consult with school nurses or other support figures are necessary.

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HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DENGAN SIKAP REMAJA TENTANG SEKS PRANIKAH SMA KARTINI KOTA BATAM TAHUN 2018

Zona Kedokteran: Program Studi Pendidikan Dokter Universitas Batam ◽

10.37776/zked.v9i1.274 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 39-49

Author(s):

Ibrahim Ibrahim ◽

Sukma Sahreni

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Statistical Test ◽

Premarital Sex ◽

School Students ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Premarital Sexual ◽

Sex Knowledge

Various factors causing premarital sexual behavior are loosening of supervision from parents and schools, lack of faith in God, low education in religious values, social influences, easy to absorb western cultures that are currently rife in Indonesia, mass media as well as the internet that provides a variety of positive and negative information. This type of research is a descriptive-analytic study with a cross-sectional approach, which was conducted in February 2017. The population of this study was students of class XII Natural Sciences and Social Sciences of Kartini High School in Batam City, totaling 111 people. Sampling with random sampling technique, as many as 84 people. Data obtained from filling out the questionnaire to respondents, then the data were analyzed univariately and bivariate by computer using the Chi-Square Statistical Test. The results showed that students who had good knowledge about premarital sex were 32 students (38.1%), students who had sufficient knowledge about premarital sex were 24 students (28.6d%) and students who had less knowledge about premarital sex as many as 28 students (33.3%). The results showed that students who had good attitudes about premarital sex were 44 students (52.4%), students who had sufficient attitudes about premarital sex were 21 (25.0%) and students who had fewer attitudes about premarital sex were 19 students (22.6%). Statistical test results show (P = 0,000) meaning that there is a relationship between knowledge and attitudes of adolescents about premarital sex in Batam City Kartini High School in 2018. From the results of the study it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between Premarital Sex Knowledge and Premarital Sexual Attitudes in Kartini High School students in Batam City in 2018.

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Check This One out: Analyzing Slang Usage among Iranian Male and Female Teenagers

English Language Teaching ◽

10.5539/elt.v4n2p198 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 198 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sara Hashemi Shahraki ◽

Abbass Eslami Rasekh

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Age Groups ◽

School Students ◽

Chi Square ◽

Male And Female ◽

The Social ◽

Completion Test ◽

Female Teenagers ◽

Age And Sex

Slang usage in modern age Iran is a popular phenomenon among most male and female teenagers. How pervasive this variation of language use is among various age and sex groups in Iran has been a question of debate given the significance of religion in a theological system of social structure. The work presented in this study aims to investigate the effect of age and sex on variability of slang usage. Sixty Iranian participants were selected, and then were divided into three age groups (i.e. primary school, high school, and senior university students) each group consisting of ten males and ten females. A self-made questionnaire in the form of Discourse Completion Test (DCT) describing nine situations of friendly conversations was given to the participants. They were asked to make their choice on the responses, which ranged from formal to very informal style (common teenage slang expressions), or to write down what they wish to say under each circumstance. The results of the chi–square tests indicated that slang usage among high school students is more frequent as compared with other age groups. Unlike the popular belief suggesting that slang is used by boys rather than girls, the findings suggested that young Iranians both male and female use slang as a badge of identity showing their attachment to the social group they wish to be identified with.

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Prevalence of back pain among high school students in a municipality in southern Brazil

Fisioterapia em Movimento ◽

10.1590/0103-5150.029.001.ao15 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 137-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Cíntia Detsch Fonseca ◽

Cláudia Tarragô Candotti ◽

Matias Noll ◽

Anna Maria Hecker Luz ◽

Antônio Cardoso dos Santos ◽

...

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Back Pain ◽

Epidemiological Survey ◽

Bivariate Analysis ◽

School Students ◽

Chi Square ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Prevalence Ratios

Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence of back pain in adolescent girls, and determine whether this pain is associated with socioeconomic, demographic, anthropometric, and behavioral factors. Methods: This was an epidemiological survey with a representative sample of 495 female high school students, aged 14 to 18 years, in the municipality of São Leopoldo in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire with closed, standardized, coded, and tested questions. Bivariate analysis included the chi-square test (x2) and calculation of prevalence ratios (α<0.05). Results: The prevalence of back pain was 75.2%. The thoracic-lumbar (30.4%) and lumbar (27.7%) regions of the spine were most affected. Among the students with pain, 60.5% reported the severity of their pain to be moderate to severe, and 21.2% reported that the pain prevented them from performing activities of daily living. Regarding associated factors, the pain was more prevalent in overweight/obese students (RP = 1.246, 95% CI: 1.137 to 1.366), who reported carrying a heavy school backpack/bag (PR = 1.187, 95% CI: 1.073 to 1.314) and those who had incorrect posture when picking up objects from the floor (PR = 1.138, 95% CI: 1.031 to 1.256). Conclusions: There was a high prevalence of back pain associated with body mass index, reported weight of the student's school backpack/bag, and posture when picking up objects from the floor.

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Social support and its relationship to the level of achievement of high school students in Jordanian public schools: المساندة الاجتماعية وعلاقتها بمستوى الإنجاز لدى طلبة الثانوية العامة في المدارس الحكومية الأردنية

المجلة العربية للعلوم ونشر الأبحاث مجلة العلوم التربوية والنفسية ◽

10.26389/ajsrp.f270520 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (42) ◽

Author(s):

Samar Fahed Al-Faleh

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Public Schools ◽

Family Support ◽

Faculty Members ◽

School Students ◽

Government Schools ◽

The Family ◽

The Relationship

The study aimed to identify the level of social support (support by friends, support from the family, support by the teacher), and to analyze the relationship between social support and achievement among students of High school students in government schools. The study followed descriptive analytical approach based on a questionnaire applied to 137 students of Karak government schools. The study found that the students get moderate level of social support; the study showed that the level of friends support came first, followed by teacher support, followed by family support, and found a relationship between social support and achievement in Students of Karak government schools. In light of the results, the study recommended several recommendations, the most important of which is to sensitize parents and faculty members about the importance of social support.

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RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF READING HABITS ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BIOLOGY COURSE

European Journal of Education Studies ◽

10.46827/ejes.v8i9.3895 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

Author(s):

Arzu Önel ◽

Şule Fırat Durdukoca

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Academic Achievement ◽

High School Students ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Phenomenological Approach ◽

Reading Habits ◽

School Students ◽

Chi Square ◽

Chi Square Analysis

The aim of this study is to examine whether reading habits have any effects on the academic achievement of the biology course of high school students in Turkey. In the research, the relational screening model was preferred from the quantitative research models and the phenomenological approach was preferred from the qualitative research models, so the mixed method was used. The study group consists of 266 students studying in the final year of various high schools and who took biology courses before in the province of Kars in Turkey. Data were collected by the questionnaire form prepared by the researchers. In the questionnaire, the participants were asked 12 questions in total; 4 questions to determine the variables of the type of school, education fields, gender, school report marks, 5 close-ended questions to be thought to be able to determine their reading habits, 2 open-ended questions and 1 metaphor question. Frequency and percentage values were calculated for descriptive analysis of the answers given to the questionnaire items. Chi-square analysis was used to examine the relationship between demographic characteristics and the reading habits of the students, and the content analysis technique was used to analyze metaphors. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0882/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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Choosing a career path in agriculture: A tough calling for youths in Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria

Agricultura tropica et subtropica ◽

10.2478/ats-2019-0004 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 27-37

Author(s):

Oluwakemi Adeola Obayelu ◽

Ifeoluwa Olawale Fadele

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Public Schools ◽

Private School ◽

National Development ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

School Students ◽

Tertiary Institution ◽

Equal Distribution ◽

Tertiary Institutions

Abstract The decline in youth population and the upsurge in ageing farmer population have resulted in low agricultural output and per capital productivity in rural Nigeria, which is a threat to the national food security. High school students’ perception of agriculture and factors influencing their willingness to study agriculture in tertiary institutions were therefore investigated in this study. Information from 285 science students in high schools was analysed using descriptive statistics, Likert scale and logistic regression. Age of the students was 15.30 ± 1.17 years with almost equal distribution of both sexes. About half (50.5 %) of them wanted to study medicine where as only 4.6 % of the respondents were willing to study agriculture in the university. A higher percentage of female students (57.6 %) were willing to study agriculture in tertiary institution than their male counterparts (42.4 %). A higher percentage of students from public schools (51.4 %) were willing to study agriculture whereas 48.6 % of those from private schools were willing to do so. The students were undecided about the contribution of agriculture to national development but strongly disagreed that agriculture gives less income than other professions. Major motivating factors that can stimulate the respondents’ willingness to study agriculture were career awareness program in agriculture, practical knowledge of agriculture and agricultural excursion. The likelihood of a high school student’s willingness to study agriculture increased significantly with having a father who primarily practised agriculture and supports agricultural education, attending a school where crude implements are not used, visit to a mechanized farm and the youth’s willingness to own a farm in the future irrespective of the course of study, while attending a private school will decrease it. In conclusion, high school students had average perception of agriculture and were not willing to study agriculture in tertiary institutions. Suggestions are presented on how to change this negative attitude towards this vital branch of science.

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Model Motivasi Trisula: Sintesis Baru Teori Motivasi Berprestasi

Jurnal Psikologi ◽

10.22146/jpsi.6951 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 218

Author(s):

Edy Purwanto

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Public Schools ◽

Goal Orientation ◽

Achievement Motivation ◽

Junior High School ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Task Value ◽

School Students ◽

Significant Loading

The purpose of this study was to find out a comprehensive model of achievement motivation appropriate for Indonesian students. Specifically, this study examined the contribution of task-value, self-efficacy and goal orientation in influencing students’ achievement motivation. The subjects of this research were 393 high school students, 219 of them are female and 174 are male. 46% of them were senior high school and 54% junior, high school students. 45% were from public schools and 55% from religion-based private schools. The task-value, self-efficacy, goal orientation and achievement motivation as scaling instruments used in this study were developed from Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire Manual. The instruments had been tested and proved valid and reliable. Analysis of model testing data was done using technique of confirmatory factor analysis. The results showed that the trisula model of achievement motivation was reliable. The task-value, self-efficacy and goal orientation are significant loading factors for achievement motivation. The self-efficacy also is a significant loading factor for the task-value and goal orientation. Keywords: achievement motivation, goal orientation, self-efficacy, task-value

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