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The article presents a cross-sectional study of aimed at identifying the levels of moderate-intensity physical activity (MPA) and vigorous-intensity physical activity (VPA) in a sample of college students in six East Asian economies, focusing on their relationship with weight, alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking. Results showed similarity in the VPA and alcohol consumption and between MPA and cigarette smoking, while VPA and smoking significantly varies.

This study examined the prediction of academic self-concept (English and Mathematics) and learning strategies (deep and surface), and their direction of effect, on academic achievement (English and Mathematics) of 8,354 students from 16 secondary schools in Hong Kong. Two competing models were tested to ascertain the direction of effect: Model A posited the effect of academic self-concept on learning strategies, whereas Model B posited the effect of learning strategies on academic self-concept. Structural equation modeling indicated that the data fit both models adequately, although Model B was found to have more applied heuristic value for practitioners than Model A because intervention is easier for learning strategies than self-concept. Further investigation also supported the reciprocal relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement. The findings suggest that academic self-concept, learning strategies, and academic achievement have reciprocal relationships with each other. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Data from 1,467 high school students in New South Wales schools on the Individualized Classroom Environment Questionnaire (ICEQ) were analyzed using multilevel variance components models to derive intraclass correlations to determine the degree to which ICEQ scores may validly be said to measure aspects of classroom climate as against individual student attitude. The results showed that the class variable accounted for large and noteworthy proportions of overall variance in all five ICEQ scales. Subsequent analyses showed that only small and nonsignificant proportions of variance were attributable to the school variable. In these terms, the ICEQ may be considered to be a relatively good measure of classroom climate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines school influences on the latent structure of the seven subscales of the Quality of School Life scale, a measure of school life at the student level. Number of sample subjects; Fit of structural equation models; Results of component analysis.