Background: health one of the most important resources of humankind life is so effective on the quality of human life and advancing the society goals. Bjectives: this study was carried out to compare the total index of mental health in males and females using the meta analysis method. Method: 26 studies were gathered through through net surfing in internal databases as well as manual searching in various Tehran universities and their data were encoded. Results: cohens index of effect size in the fixed and random models was respectively .286 and .301 which was indicative of a better status for men in the total index of mental health than women.
ghasemi,S , delavaran,A and karimi zarchi,M . (2012). A comparative study of the total index of mental health in males and females through meta-analysis method. Quarterly of Educational Measurement, 3(10), 159-175.
MLA
ghasemi,S , , delavaran,A , and karimi zarchi,M . "A comparative study of the total index of mental health in males and females through meta-analysis method", Quarterly of Educational Measurement, 3, 10, 2012, 159-175.
HARVARD
ghasemi S, delavaran A, karimi zarchi M. (2012). 'A comparative study of the total index of mental health in males and females through meta-analysis method', Quarterly of Educational Measurement, 3(10), pp. 159-175.
CHICAGO
S ghasemi, A delavaran and M karimi zarchi, "A comparative study of the total index of mental health in males and females through meta-analysis method," Quarterly of Educational Measurement, 3 10 (2012): 159-175,
VANCOUVER
ghasemi S, delavaran A, karimi zarchi M. A comparative study of the total index of mental health in males and females through meta-analysis method. Quarterly of Educational Measurement. 2012;3(10):159-175 (In Persian).