title: [Relationship among inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive behavior, aggression, and depression in Japanese elementary and junior high school students].
abstract: The present study examines the relationship among inattentive, and hyperactive-impulsive behavior, aggression, and depression in elementary school and junior high school students. The participants were 3,885 children and their teachers and caregivers. Children's inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive behavior was rated by their teachers and caregivers (ADHD-RS). Children rated aggression (HAQ-C) and depression (DSRS-C) themselves. Inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive behavior rated by teachers and caregivers were positively related to aggression and depression. Inattention predicted higher levels of aggression and depression. Inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive behavior as rated by teachers was more highly related to depression than those behaviors as rated by caregivers. The relationships among inattentive, and hyperactive-impulsive behavior, aggression, and depression were almost the same for both elementary school and junior high school students. This study suggests the importance of assessing inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive behavior from multiple views to examine the relationship between inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive behavior and mental health problems.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan. watarunoda@gmail.com
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Iori
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Mochizuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naoto
authors.forename: Syunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Masatsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsujii
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D044466:Asian People; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male