study on association between watching television and videos with violent behaviors in male secondary and high school students of Pakdasht district

Research shows that watching scenes of violence can increase incidence of high violent behavior in youth. Expansion of television networks and higher accessibility to video films in Iran was a motivation for studying the association between behavior of television and video watching and some violent behaviors is adolescents. This cross-sectional study investigated the pattern of television and video film watching in weekdays and weekend separately in middle and high school boy students in Pakdasht district. After cluster sampling, 604 eligible students answered to a standard questionnaire about the number of hours they spend to watch television and video films and their practice regarding some violent behaviors in the past 12 months. High school students spent more times in weekdays and weekend to watch television and video. We found a positive and significant correlation between watching TV and video films and target violent behaviors. Meanwhile, students that reported to carry some kind of weapon such as knife and chain, had significantly more violence behavior than the other peers [p<0/01]. Parents and school authorities should be more sensitive to what adolescent students watch. Cultural authorities should consider the negative effects of these products on committing violent behavior among children and adolescents. Also health educational programs for increasing the information of students about the concepts of violence in television and video films is the suggestion of this research

Association between computer use and feeling of students about their school and school exercises

Spread of computer use and various ability of it can affect the life style of people, especially students. The present study was conducted to determine the patterns of computer use among students and their feeling about school and exercises. An analytic cross-sectional study was carried out on 1872 primary, middle and high school students by cluster sampling method in Damavand city. The number of hours that spend for computer in weekdays and weekends and feeling about school and exercises were answered by students in a standard questionnaire. Computer use by boys were significantly more than girls [P=0.0005]. In weekdays, with increasing the educational stage, computer use was increased [p=0.03]. Bad feeling about school and exercises was associated with more computer use in our subjects [p<0.01]. Pediatricians should carry out health education on the number of hours students should spend in front of the computer