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Trajectories of Emotional Symptoms and Peer Relationship Problems in Children after Nuclear Disaster: Evidence from the Fukushima Health Management Survey

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  • Misari Oe

    (Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Kurume University, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan)

  • Masaharu Maeda

    (Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
    Department of Disaster Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan)

  • Tetsuya Ohira

    (Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan)

  • Shuntaro Itagaki

    (Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan)

  • Mayumi Harigane

    (Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan)

  • Yuriko Suzuki

    (Department of Adult Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira 187-8553, Japan)

  • Hirooki Yabe

    (Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan)

  • Seiji Yasumura

    (Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
    Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan)

  • Kenji Kamiya

    (Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan)

  • Hitoshi Ohto

    (Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan)

Abstract

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, which occurred in March 2011, is having long-term effects on children. We planned this study to describe the trajectories of emotional symptoms and peer relationship problems in children and to examine potential risks and protective factors over the 35 months following the accident. The sample was 11,791 children in the first to sixth elementary grades. We identified four patterns for emotional symptoms and three patterns for peer relationship problems, using group-based trajectory modelling. For emotional symptoms, female gender, experience of tsunami and nuclear plant accident, out-of-prefecture evacuees, and insufficient physical activity were associated with the very severe trajectory. In contrast, for peer relationship problems, male gender, experience of nuclear plant accident, and insufficient physical activity were associated with the very severe trajectory. Different factors might be related to the very severe trajectories of emotional symptoms and peer relationship problems.

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  • Misari Oe & Masaharu Maeda & Tetsuya Ohira & Shuntaro Itagaki & Mayumi Harigane & Yuriko Suzuki & Hirooki Yabe & Seiji Yasumura & Kenji Kamiya & Hitoshi Ohto, 2018. "Trajectories of Emotional Symptoms and Peer Relationship Problems in Children after Nuclear Disaster: Evidence from the Fukushima Health Management Survey," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:1:p:82-:d:125703
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    Cited by:

    1. Misari Oe & Yui Takebayashi & Hideki Sato & Masaharu Maeda, 2021. "Mental Health Consequences of the Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima Nuclear Disasters: A Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(14), pages 1-16, July.
    2. Shuhei Nomura & Michio Murakami, 2018. "Public Health Preparedness for and Response to Nuclear Disasters: An Editorial," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-4, November.

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