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Salehi B, Roohafza H R, Kelishadi R, Dorreh F. Study of Environmental Stress Frequency and Intensity in Adolescents of Central Area of Iran, 1381(2002). J Arak Uni Med Sci 2004; 7 (2) :20-27
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Introduction: Stress is a condition that causes tension, disturbance in body and mind , discomfort and unpleasant status. Adolescents are the most susceptible group of the community, a susceptibility which intensifies with age and kind of stressful events that happened during life. In this study we intend to find types of stressors and their severity in central area of Iran.
Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study carried out on 2000 students between 12-18 years from urban and rural selected school of Isfahan, Arak and Najaf Abad in 1381 (2002) as a part of an annual report on healthy heart assessment program. Sampling methods was randomized clustering, and after collecting data based on GHQ12 (generalized health questionaire) data was analyzed by mean, standard deviation and chi-square based on SPSS version software.
Results: Of the total subjects under 9360 (51.2%) were males, and 887 (48.8%) were female, with a mean age of 15/97±1/90, 15/52±2/20 respectively. In general, the proportion of female students with high GHQ score was higher than male students. 38.8% against 32.7%. The score was higher in Arak than the other two cities. The most common stressful item was concern for a future career, which was also the most effective life event, and next to it was the parental death.
Conclusion: The severity of stress in female students of central area of Iran was higher than male, with a direct positive correlation with age, moreover, the most common stressful item was concern for a career and the most effective life event was also the same, and next to it was the parental death.
Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study carried out on 2000 students between 12-18 years from urban and rural selected school of Isfahan, Arak and Najaf Abad in 1381 (2002) as a part of an annual report on healthy heart assessment program. Sampling methods was randomized clustering, and after collecting data based on GHQ12 (generalized health questionaire) data was analyzed by mean, standard deviation and chi-square based on SPSS version software.
Results: Of the total subjects under 9360 (51.2%) were males, and 887 (48.8%) were female, with a mean age of 15/97±1/90, 15/52±2/20 respectively. In general, the proportion of female students with high GHQ score was higher than male students. 38.8% against 32.7%. The score was higher in Arak than the other two cities. The most common stressful item was concern for a future career, which was also the most effective life event, and next to it was the parental death.
Conclusion: The severity of stress in female students of central area of Iran was higher than male, with a direct positive correlation with age, moreover, the most common stressful item was concern for a career and the most effective life event was also the same, and next to it was the parental death.
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Received: 2021/01/27 | Accepted: 2004/06/30
Received: 2021/01/27 | Accepted: 2004/06/30
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