scholarly journals How do Iranian High School Students Explain Social Undesirability of Hookah Smoking? A Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khadijeh Keshavarzian ◽  
Asghar Mohammadpourasl ◽  
Hamid Allahverdipour ◽  
Haidar Nadrian
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Smoking Prevention ◽  
School Students ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hookah Smoking

Abstract Background: Despite the speculations in literature regarding the importance of “social undesirability of hookah smoking”, to our knowledge, no study has yet clearly attempted to define this phenomenon and to make sense of it in terms of the meanings adolescents bring to the concept. The present study was aimed to explore the perceptions of high school students on Social Undesirability of Hookah Smoking (SUoHS).Method: In this qualitative study, 31 students (16 boys and 15 girls) at the range of 15 to 17 years of age in Tabriz, Iran, were invited to participate in semi-structured individual interviews (18 participants) and focus group discussions (FGDs) (13 participants). The data were managed applying MAXQDA-10, and analyzed using interpretative thematic analysis. Results: The SUoHS was viewed at the “highly negative attitude towards hookah smoking and hookah smokers”. The students also explained the SUoHS in “the disvaluing to hookah smoking and smokers in the society”, “the negative attitude towards hookah smokers and their families”, and “the consequences of hookah smoking”. Conclusion: The SUoHS originates from the social context of society, and is rooted from the social values and norms within communities. These social values may affect the attitude and subjective norms of adolescents toward the behavior. Adolescents’ conceptions on SUoHS should be considered while designing hookah smoking prevention/cessation programs with the hope to bridge the gap between their recognition of SUoHS and subsequent behavior change.

Further Validation of the Social and Emotional Health Survey for High School Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 997-1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukkyung You ◽  
Michael J. Furlong ◽  
Erin Dowdy ◽  
Tyler L. Renshaw ◽  
Douglas C. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
The Social

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

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
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.

Reliability and Validity Evidence for the Social Goal Scale-Physical Education (SGS-PE) in High School Settings

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianmin Guan ◽  
Ron E. McBride ◽  
Ping Xiang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Social Goal ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Settings ◽  
The Social

Two types of social goals associated with students’ academic performance have received attention from researchers. One is the social responsibility goal, and the other is the social relationship goal. While several scales have been validated for measuring social relationship and social responsibility goals in academic settings, few studies have applied these social goal scales to high school students in physical education settings. The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability, validity, and generalizability of the scores produced by the Social Goal Scale-Physical Education (SGS-PE) in high school settings. Participants were 544 students from two high schools in the southern United States. Reliability analyses, principal components factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and multistep invariance analysis across two school samples revealed that the SGS-PE produced reliable and valid scores when used to assess students’ social goal levels in high school physical education settings.

scholarly journals STUDENTS ATTITUDE IN LEARNING ENGLISH CONVERSATIONS

2022 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 265
Author(s):  
Sury . Utami ◽  
Rahmad . Husein ◽  
Zainuddin . Zainuddin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Discourse Markers ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Important Lesson ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Senior High School Students ◽  
Learning English

English conversation is an important lesson for Senior High School students in order to face the globalization effects. Many students considered English conversation as a controversial lesson through their positive and negative attitudes toward it. This study aimed to investigate the types of attitudes of the Senior High School students in learning English conversation, to describe the realization of the attitudes of Senior High School students in learning English conversations, and to explain the reason of the attitude which Senior High School students realized in the ways they are. The subjects of this study were 20 students consisting 12 females and 8 males at the age of 16-18 years old. The data were collected by observations and interviews then were analyzed using Interactive Models. The result showed that positive and negative attitude in learning English conversations, five types of realizations, and the reasons of the students realized their attitudes i.e. the language loyalty, language pride,  and awareness of language norms. It was concluded that the students’ attitude varied as to positive and negative ones and realized in numerous manners affected by several factors. Keywords: Discourse Markers, Students Interactions, Nonformal Education, Conversation

scholarly journals O CONCEITO DE LÓGICA NOS DISCURSOS POLÍTICOS VEICULADOS NO FACEBOOK: UMA PROPOSTA DE ATIVIDADE NO ENSINO DE FILOSOFIA.

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 370
Author(s):  
Júlio César De Carvalho-Santos ◽  
Felipe Mattei
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Public School ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
Additional Support

With the amount of speeches delivered on social networks that students browse continuously, it is possible to use this mechanism as an additional support for classes. This research, using this possibility, seeks to present a didactic sequence applied to high school students from a public school, whose objective is to examine the concept of logic, present in the speeches of the two main candidates for the presidency of Brazil, in 2018 The proposal is to demonstrate to students how the concepts of logic can be identified in discourses that permeate the social environment and are part of the reality experienced by students. It is hoped that this research can contribute as a reference to an activity of theory and practice, such a relevant discussion in the school scenario.

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

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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