scholarly journals Investigation of eating behaviour among primary school children with Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalma Pető
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Nutritional Characteristics ◽  
Role Of Parents

There are many factors that influence children's eating, and the role of parents is outstanding. During our research, we studied children's eating behaviour and were also interested in parents' attitudes towards their children's eating behaviour. In the course of our investigation, we used a part of the already validated questionnaire, DEBQ. Our sample was made up of primary school children and their parents. A total of 172 children and their parents completed the questionnaire. The results show that parents consider the child's nutritional characteristics differently than the child itself. We found that parents overestimate their children's self-control about delicious food.

scholarly journals The Contribution of Executive Functions in Predicting Mathematical Creativity in Typical Elementary School Classes: A Twofold Role for Updating

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Marije Stolte ◽  
Trinidad García ◽  
Johannes E. H. Van Luit ◽  
Bob Oranje ◽  
Evelyn H. Kroesbergen
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functions ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Mathematical Creativity ◽  
Mathematical Ability ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Starting Model ◽  
General Creativity

The goal of the current study was to investigate the role of executive functions in mathematical creativity. The sample included 278 primary school children (ages 8–13). Two models were compared: the starting model tested whether executive functions (shifting, updating, and inhibition), domain-general creativity, and mathematical ability directly predicted mathematical creativity. The second model, which fitted the data best, included the additional assumption that updating influences mathematical creativity indirectly through mathematical ability and domain-general creativity. Updating was positively related to mathematical creativity. Additionally, updating was positively related to mathematical ability and domain-general creativity. Inhibition, shifting, domain-general creativity and mathematical ability did not have a significant contribution to either model but did positively correlate with mathematical creativity. This study reports the first empirical evidence that updating is a predictor of mathematical creativity in primary school children and demonstrates that creativity is a higher order cognitive process, activating a variety of cognitive abilities.

scholarly journals Touch and look: The role of visual‐haptic cues for categorical learning in primary school children

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Broadbent ◽  
Tamsin Osborne ◽  
Natasha Kirkham ◽  
Denis Mareschal
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Haptic Cues ◽  
Categorical Learning

scholarly journals Role of Preschool and Primary School Children in Epidemics of Influenza A in a Local Community in Japan during Two Consecutive Seasons with A(H3N2) as a Predominant Subtype

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. e0125642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Mimura ◽  
Taro Kamigaki ◽  
Yoshihiro Takahashi ◽  
Takamichi Umenai ◽  
Mataka Kudou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Influenza A ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Predominant Subtype

scholarly journals Prevalence of Pediculosis and Its Predictors among Urban Primary School Children in Kuantan, Pahang

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rusyaidi Azali ◽  
Nor Faiza Mohd Tohit ◽  
Razman Mohd Rus
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Head Lice ◽  
Pediculosis Capitis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Validated Questionnaire

Introduction: Pediculosis capitis among primary school children is always known as the problem of the lower socio-economic class and rural communities. It carries significant consequences to the school children and caregivers. Limited studies have been conducted among the urban populations. Thus, this study aims to investigate the prevalence and predictors of Pediculosis capitis among Urban primary school children in Kuantan. Materials and method: An analytical cross-sectional study using cluster random sampling was carried out in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. A selfadministered validated questionnaire was issued to the participants with purpose to collect socio-demographic data related to age, gender and factors that associated with head lice infestations among primary school children from standard one to six. It was then followed by hair and scalp examination by a well-trained examiners to check the infestation status. The results were analyzed using the chi-squared test and logistic regression analysis. Results: A total of 1347 students from 5 schools  were included in this study. Majority of them were males (53.6%), Malays (61.0%), household income between RM1000-RM2999 (32.1%). The overall prevalence was 9.1% (n=122). Multivariate analysis showed that predictors for pediculosis capitis were female gender (OR= 6.02, 95% CI= 2.97-12.21), Indian ethnicity (OR= 5.55 , 95% CI=3.26-9.45), sibling of more than 5 (OR= 2.72 , 95% CI=1.04-7.12) and contact with infested person (OR=2.42, 95% CI=1.58-3.71). Conclusion: The prevalence of Pediculosis capitis among urban primary school children in Kuantan, Pahang is endemic (9.1%) and predictors are female genders, Indian ethnicity, having siblings of more than 5 and contact with infested person. Hence, preventive measures are necessary to reduce the transmission of head lice among school children.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Pediculosis Capitis among Primary School Children in Kuantan, Pahang

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Nur Madihah Che Rozela ◽  
Nor Faiza Mohd Tohit ◽  
Razman Mohd Rus
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Pediculosis Capitis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
School Location ◽  
Validated Questionnaire

Introduction: Pediculosis capitis  among primary school children is a worldwide problem which carries significant consequences among the school children and caregivers. Despite causing significant health problem which needs to be intervened, only few studies were conducted in Malaysia and there is no previous study conducted in Pahang. Thus, this study aims to investigate the determinants  of prevalence of Pediculosis capitis  among primary school children in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Materials and method: An analytical cross-sectional study using cluster random sampling of primary schools was carried out in Kuantan. Selfadministered validated questionnaire was used followed by hair and scalp examination. Multivariate logistics was done to determine the predictors and to control for confounding effect. Results: The overall median age of the 1,365 respondents was 8.0 years. Majority of them were males (53.41%), Malays (60.29%), household income between RM1000-RM2999 (31.87%) and from urban school location (98.68%). The overall prevalence of Pediculosis capitis  was 9.6% (n=131). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that female (Odds ratio (OR)=8.571, 95% Confidence interval (CI)=5.024-14.620), Indian (OR = 5.560, 95% CI=3.3849.136), those who had number of siblings more than five (OR = 2.644, 95% CI=1.0446.700), history of contact with infested person (OR=2.445, 95% CI=1.619-3.691) and urban school location (OR=0.030, 95% CI=0.284-0.091) were predictors for  Pediculosis capitis. Conclusion: The prevalence of  Pediculosis capitis  among primary school children in Kuantan, Pahang is endemic(9.6%) and predictors are female, Indian, having siblings of more than 5 and contact with infested person. Hence, preventive measures are necessary to reduce the transmission of head lice among school children.

scholarly journals The Role of Persian Reading Text Books of the First to the Third Primary School in Presenting Religious Doctrines in Iran

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Jalali
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Elementary Grades ◽  
Religious Literature ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
Transmission Of Values

Transmission of values and religious concepts to children is one of the most important issues in the third millennium and it has drawn varied and different views among experts and scholars in the world. Research specialized in religious literature for children and adolescents create new capacities in the presentation of religious concepts to the group. Plans have been considered to transfer values and religious concepts in the curricula of primary school children in the group in Iran. It is one of the topics that the authors note to the introduction of the minutiae of religion in the first three elementary grades. In this study, the collection and analysis methods providing content related to the minutiae of religion in reading books the first till third sections of the years 2013-2015. In addition, the plan includes aspects of other branches of religion in these books on information collected from text books that collected and classified. The result is that "definitely good and forbidding the evil" and "prayer" have the highest frequency of applications in the selected books. Further branches made of branches of religion in these books, represents the values of religious, moral and social as well.

scholarly journals Chronic bullying victimization across school transitions: The role of genetic and environmental influences

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Bowes ◽  
Barbara Maughan ◽  
Harriet Ball ◽  
Sania Shakoor ◽  
Isabelle Ouellet-Morin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Family Risk Factors ◽  
Increased Risk

AbstractWe investigated the antecedents and consequences of chronic victimization by bullies across a school transition using a genetically sensitive longitudinal design. Data were from the Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study (E-Risk), an epidemiological cohort of 2,232 children. We used mothers' and children's reports of bullying victimization during primary school and early secondary school. Children who experienced frequent victimization at both time points were classed as “chronic victims” and were found to have an increased risk for mental health problems and academic difficulties compared to children who were bullied only in primary school, children bullied for the first time in secondary school, and never-bullied children. Biometric analyses revealed that stability in victimization over this period was influenced primarily by genetic and shared environmental factors. Regression analyses showed that children's early characteristics such as preexistent adjustment difficulties and IQ predicted chronic versus transitory victimization. Family risk factors for chronic victimization included socioeconomic disadvantage, low maternal warmth, and maltreatment. Our results suggest that bullying intervention programs should consider the role of the victims' behaviors and family background in increasing vulnerability to chronic victimization. Our study highlights the importance of widening antibullying interventions to include families to reduce the likelihood of children entering a pathway toward chronic victimization.

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