Mental Health Status Among School Students from Foreign Countries-An Epidemiological Study Conducted in A City with A Large Community of South Americans-

外国在校学生心理健康状况-在南美人口较多的城市进行的流行病学研究-

• 批准号: 21791127
• 负责人: MURAKI Hiroko
• 金额: $ 2.75万
• 依托单位: Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2009 至 2010
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-21791127/
• 关键词: 疫学; メンタルヘルス; 在日外国人; 子ども; コホート研究; 認知機能

Objective : Mental health of foreign-born school-age students are generally regarded as poor in Japan. To estimate need for mental health support among those children, we examined mental health as well as related factors including school-readiness of children of a school for Latin-American children in Hamamatsu, Japan.Method : The participants were 166 children (age : 4 to 17 years, male-female ratio : 90:76), including 41 Peruvians and 125 Brazilians. To assess mental health and school-readiness, we adopted the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, scored by teachers in charge of the participating children.Results : Among 166 children, 20 children (12%) were considered to have mental health problem. For those aged 4 to 10 years, boys showed a significantly higher proportion of those with the problem than did girls. However, the proportion was high and showed no difference between boys and girls. The detail analysis of mental health problems indicated that those with definite emotional problems (anxiety and depression), in spite of a low percentage among the participating children (2%), were more likely to have difficulties in learning (42%) than was thought by the teachers in charge (22%). Among children showing "absenteeism" (N=9), no children were assessed to have mental health problem. The reasons for absenteeism were thought to derive from language difficulties in a former school.Conclusion : Proportion of those with mental health problem that is required to be intervened is high (12%) in children at a school for foreign-born students. The demand for help or intervention for those children should be considered higher than teachers would estimate.

目的：在日本，外国出生的学龄学生的心理健康状况普遍较差。为了估计这些儿童的心理健康支持的需要，我们研究了心理健康以及相关因素，包括学校的拉丁美洲儿童在Hamamatsu，Japan.Method：参加者是166名儿童（年龄：4至17岁，男女比例：90：76），包括41秘鲁人和125巴西人的儿童的入学准备。结果：在166名儿童中，有20名（12%）被认为存在心理健康问题。在4至10岁的儿童中，男孩有这一问题的比例明显高于女孩。然而，这一比例很高，而且男女生之间没有差别。对心理健康问题的详细分析表明，尽管参与儿童中有明确情绪问题（焦虑和抑郁）的比例较低（2%），但学习困难的可能性更大（42%）比负责老师的想法（22%）。在出现“旷课”的儿童（N=9）中，没有儿童被评估为有精神健康问题。缺勤的原因被认为是来自语言困难，在以前的school.Conclusion：那些有心理健康问题，需要进行干预的比例是高的（12%），在一所学校的外国出生的学生的孩子。对这些儿童的帮助或干预的需求应被视为高于教师的估计。

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• 发表时间: 2010
• 作者: Mori T;Tsuchiya KJ;Matsumoto K;Muraki H;Takahashi S;Takabayashi R;Suzuki Y;Sato R;Narumiya M;Takei N;the HBC Study Team.
• 通讯作者: the HBC Study Team.