Trajectories of Emotional Symptoms and Peer Relationship Problems in Children after Nuclear Disaster

Evidence from the Fukushima Health Management Survey

Bibliographic Data

ID15491520
AuthorsMisari Oe (0000-0003-4550-036X, Kurume University, corresponding author), Masaharu Maeda (0000-0001-5186-9484, Fukushima Medical University), Tetsuya Ohira (0000-0003-4532-7165, Fukushima Medical University), Shuntaro Itagaki (0000-0001-5837-2825, Fukushima Medical University), Mayumi Harigane (0000-0001-7755-1888, Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan), Yuriko Suzuki (0000-0002-3551-6512, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry), Hirooki Yabe (0000-0003-2668-129X, Fukushima Medical University), Seiji Yasumura (0000-0002-4715-2840, Fukushima Medical University), Kenji Kamiya (0000-0002-5801-7310, Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan), Hitoshi Ohto (0000-0003-0340-883X, Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan)
Year2018
Volume15
Issue1
Pages82-82
Publication date2018-01-06
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph15010082
PMID29316618
OpenAlexW2783859865
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited32

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

Accident (philosophy · Environmental health · Fukushima Nuclear Accident · Injury prevention · Nuclear power plant · Occupational safety and health · Peer review · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Radioactive contamination and transfer · Risk Perception and Management

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