scholarly journals Erratum:Character strengths and well-being in Japanese children and youth: Creating good habits [The Japanese journal of psychology Vol. 84 (2013) No. 3 p. 247-255]

2013 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 450_1-450_1
Author(s):  
Tomoya Imura ◽  
Tazuko Aoki ◽  
Tomoko Takahashi ◽  
Yoichiro Nonaka ◽  
Tsuyoshi Yamada
2013 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoya Imura ◽  
Tazuko Aoki ◽  
Tomoko Takahashi ◽  
Yoichiro Nonaka ◽  
Tsuyoshi Yamada

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. e043722
Author(s):  
Naomi Priest ◽  
Kate Doery ◽  
Mandy Truong ◽  
Shuaijun Guo ◽  
Ryan Perry ◽  
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IntroductionRacism is a critical determinant of health and health inequities for children and youth. This protocol aims to update the first systematic review conducted by Priest et al (2013), including a meta-analysis of findings. Based on previous empirical data, it is anticipated that child and youth health will be negatively impacted by racism. Findings from this review will provide updated evidence of effect sizes across outcomes and identify moderators and mediators of relationships between racism and health.Methods and analysisThis systematic review and meta-analysis will include studies that examine associations between experiences of racism and racial discrimination with health outcomes of children and youth aged 0–24 years. Exposure measures include self-reported or proxy reported systemic, interpersonal and intrapersonal racism. Outcome measures include general health and well-being, physical health, mental health, biological markers, healthcare utilisation and health behaviours. A comprehensive search of studies from the earliest time available to October 2020 will be conducted. A random effects meta-analysis will examine the average effect of racism on a range of health outcomes. Study-level moderation will test the difference in effect sizes with regard to various sample and exposure characteristics. This review has been registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews.Ethics and disseminationThis review will provide evidence for future research within the field and help to support policy and practice development. Results will be widely disseminated to both academic and non-academic audiences through peer-review publications, community summaries and presentations to research, policy, practice and community audiences.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42020184055.


2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 270-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaori Ishii ◽  
Ai Shibata ◽  
Minoru Adachi ◽  
Yoshiyuki Mano ◽  
Koichiro Oka

Background:Sedentary behaviors (SB) are associated with health indicators; however, there are currently very few studies that have examined these associations, especially in conjunction with psychological factors, in children. The current study examined the independent relationship between objectively assessed SB, and indicators of obesity and psychological well-being, among Japanese children.Methods:A total of 967 elementary-school children completed a cross-sectional survey. SB was measured with accelerometers for 7 consecutive days. Psychological well-being data (eg, anxiety and behavior problems) were collected via a self-report questionnaire. To determine the relationship of SB with degree of obesity and psychological well-being, linear regression analyses were conducted to relate the indicators of obesity and psychological well-being on SB, adjusted by gender, grade, percentage of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day, duration spent wearing the accelerometer, and degree of obesity.Results:SB was significantly related to behavioral/emotional problems (β = .280, P = .010, R2 = .015). There was a statistically significant relationship between SB and anxiety (β = .206, P = .059, R2 = .007). No significant association with degree of obesity was found.Conclusions:Excess SB relates higher levels of behavioral/emotional problems and anxiety. These results can inspire the development of interventions that promote well-being and enhance psychological health, by focusing on SB in Japanese children.


2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennine S. Rawana ◽  
Gordon L. Flett ◽  
Meghan L. McPhie ◽  
Hien T. Nguyen ◽  
Sarah Jane Norwood

The ability to regulate how emotions are experienced is central to psychological well-being. Developmental changes in emotion regulation (ER) strategies are unclear in the literature. Thus, a systematic review of the research literature was conducted in order to (a) describe normative ER development across childhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood, (b) describe the patterns and processes of specific ER strategies, and (c) identify and describe the influence of specific individual factors on ER. Fifty-five studies were identified that examined key ER strategies across development. The findings highlight the importance of facilitating adaptive ER strategies among children and youth.


Author(s):  
Alyson L. Mahar ◽  
Heidi Cramm ◽  
Isabel Garces ◽  
Alice B. Aiken ◽  
Simon Chen ◽  
...  

LAY SUMMARY This study tried to answer the question “Do children and youth in military families have a greater risk of emotional and behavioural problems than children and youth in the general population?” The authors used routinely collected health data from children and youth in Canadian Armed Forces families who relocated to Ontario, matched to data from children and youth in non-military families. They compared outpatient mental health services use, such as physician visits, and the reasons for those visits, such as depression. They found that children and youth in military families were more likely to visit a physician for specific mental health diagnoses than children and youth in the general population. More programming and resources supporting the mental health and well-being of children and youth in military families may be needed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshimi Nakayama ◽  
Hirofumi Ohnishi ◽  
Mitsuru Mori

Severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) has serious consequences for primary dentition, affecting the overall health, well-being, and quality of life of the child. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of risk factors, including environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), with S-ECC in 3-year-old Japanese children by a cross-sectional study. Study subjects were 2,825 children aged 3 years old. Of these individuals, after excluding the study subjects with missing values, a total of 2,277 children were included in the present analysis. The self-administered questionnaire included such items as sex, whether a smoker resides in the home, the number of smokers in the home, snack time, drinking or eating sweets after dinner, frequency of parents brushing their child’s teeth, the use of fluoride toothpaste, and socioeconomic status. We obtained the number of decayed, missing, or filled teeth per person (dmft) from dental examinations. Logistic regression analysis was performed to estimate the odds ratio for S-ECC. The average number of decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft index) was 0.77. The prevalence of dental caries was 20.6%. There was at least 1 smoker in the homes of 1,370 subjects (60.2%). After excluding items of multicollinearity, the results of multivariate analysis were as follows: drinking or eating sweets after dinner, irregular snack times, parents brushing their child’s teeth less frequently, existence of smokers in the home, and no residence tax were significantly associated with S-ECC. This study suggests that there is a significant association between ETS from family members and S-ECC.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 387-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Bentley Waddoups ◽  
Hirokazu Yoshikawa ◽  
Kendra Strouf

Parent–child separation occurs for many reasons, both involuntary and voluntary. We review the effects on children and youth of parent–child separation due to several of the most common reasons that are responsible for the growth in this family circumstance worldwide. These include early institutionalization; war, persecution, and conflict; separation during asylum; trafficking; conscription into armed conflict; and being left behind when parents migrate for economic or other reasons. Overall, the effects of parent–child separation are consistently negative on children's social-emotional development, well-being, and mental health. They are more severe when the separation is prolonged or accompanied by other forms of deprivation or victimization. Mitigating and protective factors include earlier stable family placement in the case of early institutionalization, parent–child communication and parenting quality, and community support in the host community. We conclude with an evaluation of group, school-based, and community-based interventions for children and youth affected by parent–child separation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (6 (Suppl. 3)) ◽  
pp. S266-S282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Philippe Chaput ◽  
Casey E. Gray ◽  
Veronica J. Poitras ◽  
Valerie Carson ◽  
Reut Gruber ◽  
...  

The objective of this systematic review was to examine the relationships between objectively and subjectively measured sleep duration and various health indicators in children and youth aged 5–17 years. Online databases were searched in January 2015 with no date or study design limits. Included studies were peer-reviewed and met the a priori-determined population (apparently healthy children and youth aged 5–17 years), intervention/exposure/comparator (various sleep durations), and outcome (adiposity, emotional regulation, cognition/academic achievement, quality of life/well-being, harms/injuries, and cardiometabolic biomarkers) criteria. Because of high levels of heterogeneity across studies, narrative syntheses were employed. A total of 141 articles (110 unique samples), including 592 215 unique participants from 40 different countries, met inclusion criteria. Overall, longer sleep duration was associated with lower adiposity indicators, better emotional regulation, better academic achievement, and better quality of life/well-being. The evidence was mixed and/or limited for the association between sleep duration and cognition, harms/injuries, and cardiometabolic biomarkers. The quality of evidence ranged from very low to high across study designs and health indicators. In conclusion, we confirmed previous investigations showing that shorter sleep duration is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes. However, the available evidence relies heavily on cross-sectional studies using self-reported sleep. To better inform contemporary sleep recommendations, there is a need for sleep restriction/extension interventions that examine the changes in different outcome measures against various amounts of objectively measured sleep to have a better sense of dose–response relationships.


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