The Relationship of Identity Styles and Body Image with Anxiety among High School Students

The present study aimed to examine the relationship of identity styles and body image with anxiety among students. This was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population included 240 second period male high school students in Saravan. To examine identity styles, body image and anxiety, respectively, Identity Style Questionnaire (IS-6G), the Fisher Body Image Scale (1970), and the Cattell Anxiety Scale Questionnaire were used as data collection tools. The obtained data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis). The results of the current study revealed that identity styles and body image were significantly and positively related to anxiety. Moreover, among identity styles, informative and commitment styles had no significant relationships with anxiety; however, normative identity style was significantly and negatively correlated with anxiety, such that with an increase in normative identity style, anxiety decreased. Additionally, the results indicated that confused/avoidant identity style was significantly and positively related to anxiety.

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Comparing the Efficiency of the Family among Successful and Unsuccessful Students

International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences ◽

10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.27.122 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 27 ◽

pp. 122-131

Author(s):

Raouf Husseini ◽

Hasan Gharibi ◽

Mohamad Khaledian

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Family Assessment ◽

School Students ◽

Statistical Population ◽

The Family ◽

Education Levels ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The current research was done to compare the efficiency of the family among successful and unsuccessful students. The statistical population of the research was high school students of Saghez. The method of the current research was causative – comparative. The research sample was 300 high school students (150 students with an average of more than 17 and students with an average of under 12) chosen through cluster sampling. Data were analyzed by using the family assessment questionnaire (FAD) and t test, multivariate regression, phi, Kendall’s tau, and variance analysis. Findings, showed that there is a positive relationship with (0/001) alpha with respect to the efficiency of the family (except for the subscale of problem – solving) among successful and unsuccessful students. The relationship of each of the demographic variables (parents’ education levels, educational major, and age) was a significant relationship on the effectiveness of the family. Family is a good predictor for the success of the students and one can enhance their success rate by strengthening the family effectiveness.

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The Relationship of Parents’ Perfectionism with Academic Self-Regulation and Self-Control

Review of European Studies ◽

10.5539/res.v8n2p217 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 217

Author(s):

Dadkhoda Shahvalibor ◽

Hossein Jenaabadi ◽

Abdulwahab Pourghaz

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Self Control ◽

School Students ◽

Statistical Population ◽

Male High School ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The present study aimed to examine the relationship of parents’ perfectionism with academic self-regulation and self-control among male high school students in Iranshahr. This descriptive study followed a correlational design. The statistical population included all third grade second period male high school students in Iranshahr and the sample included 140 individuals selected hierarchically among 235 individuals using Morgan’s table. To collect data, the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (1990), the Ryan and Connell Academic Self-Regulation (1989), and the Weinberger and Schwartz Self-Restraint Scale (1990) were applied. The obtained data was analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis. The results indicated that parents’ perfectionism, parents’ expectations, and individual standards were significantly and negatively related to academic self-regulation. Among components of perfectionism, parents’ expectations explained 6% of the variance in academic self-regulation. Moreover, parents’ perfectionism and concerns about mistakes, parents’ expectations, and individual standards were significantly and negatively correlated with students’ self-regulation. When explaining self-control via components of parents’ perfectionism, in the first step, individual standards alone explained 19% of the variance in students’ self-control. In the second step, component of concerns about mistakes together with individual standards explained 27% of the variance in students’ academic self-regulation. Additionally, in the third step, component of parents’ expectations along with individual standards and concerns about mistakes explained 32% of the variance in students’ self-control.

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Relationship Between Different Types of Violence and Mental Health in High School Students From Northern Mexico

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/08862605211021964 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052110219

Author(s):

Oscar Armando Esparza-Del Villar ◽

Sarah Margarita Chavez-Valdez ◽

Priscila Montañez-Alvarado ◽

Marisela Gutiérrez-Vega ◽

Teresa Gutiérrez-Rosado

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Health Indicators ◽

School Students ◽

Social Violence ◽

Different Types ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Different types of violence have been present in Mexico but there have been few studies that have analyzed their relationship with mental health in adolescents, especially in cities with high rates of social violence. It is important to compare different violence types and their relationship with mental health since not all relationships are the same. It appears that social violence has a stronger relationship with mental health, and for this reason it receives more attention, but other types of violence have a stronger relationship and do not receive as much attention. Chihuahua has been one of the most violent states in Mexico, and Juarez has been the most violent city in the world in 2009 and 2010. The purpose of the study is to compare the relationship of different types of violence (social, cyberbullying, partner violence, and child abuse and neglect) with mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, and paranoid thoughts). There were 526 high school students, from the cities of Juarez ( n = 282) and Chihuahua ( n = 244). The mean age was 16.5 ( SD = 1.4) years and 50.6% reported being males. The relationships among the variables were analyzed using Pearson’s correlations and multiple linear regressions. Both cities that have experienced social violence like carjacking, kidnapping, and sexual assault, but they have very small or no relationships with mental health indicators. Other types of violence have stronger correlations. Our findings suggest that interventions should not focus only in preventing and dealing with social violence, but that other types of violence must also be addressed in adolescents.

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