Implementation of a transdiagnostic universal prevention program on anxiety in junior high school students after school closure during the COVID-19 pandemic

K Kishida, N Hida, K Matsubara, M Oguni… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
School closures due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have worsened
mental health problems for children and adolescents worldwide. We aimed to examine the …

Cross‐cultural, population‐based study on adolescent body image and eating distress in Japan and Finland

J Maezono, S Hamada, L Sillanmäki… - Scandinavian …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This cross‐sectional population‐based survey compares the prevalence of self‐reported
body image and eating distress symptoms among adolescents in Japan and Finland, and …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of gender differences, school adjustment, social interactions, and social activities on emotional and behavioral reactions to the COVID-19 …

Y Ishimoto, T Yamane, Y Matsumoto, Y Takizawa… - SSM-mental health, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has had negative psychological effects, such as increased
depression, anxiety, and suicide, on children worldwide, including in Japan. To effectively …

Evaluating the effectiveness of a transdiagnostic universal prevention program for both internalizing and externalizing problems in children: two feasibility studies

K Kishida, N Hida, S Ishikawa - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and …, 2022 - Springer
Background The present study examined the effectiveness of the Universal Unified
Prevention Program for Diverse Disorders (Up2-D2) for internalizing and externalizing …

Psychosocial adjustment and mental distress associated with in-game purchases among Japanese junior high school students

H Shinkawa, T Irie, M Tanaka, K Yokomitsu - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In-game purchases, including microtransactions and loot box spending, are the
monetization systems of free-to-play online games. Although some studies have suggested …

[HTML][HTML] Preliminary evidence for the reliability and validity of the Stirling Children's Well-Being Scale (SCWBS) with Japanese children

C Nishida, Y Ishimoto, Y Takizawa, T Katayama… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Japanese children manifest social-emotional difficulties due to increased absenteeism and
bullying incidents at schools. Mental health services using evidence-based practices within …

Association between bullying behavior, perceived school safety, and self‐cutting: a Japanese population‐based school survey

S Hamada, H Kaneko, M Ogura… - Child and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background No previous population‐based studies have examined associations between
self‐cutting, perceived school safety, and bullying behavior among East Asian adolescents …

Adolescent mental health in Japan and Russia: The role of body image, bullying victimisation and school environment

X Zhang, HR Slobodskaya… - International journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined associations between self‐reported mental health problems, body
image, bullying victimisation and school safety in large adolescent samples in Japan and …

Evaluation of co-designed online teacher training program for providing neuroscience-informed mental health intervention to Japanese children

Y Takizawa, M Bambling, HJ Teoh… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction While mental health problems are prevalent among children, Japanese schools
face challenges in providing effective mental health support to children partly due to a lack of …

Japanese cultural adaptation and validation of the social emotional health survey-secondary for junior high school students

J Iida, Y Takizawa, T Okayasu, MJ Furlong - Frontiers in Education, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Social Emotional Health Survey–Secondary (SEHS-S) assesses adolescents'
psychological dispositions associated with positive psychosocial development. The present …