OBJECTIVE To describe capabilities and difficulties in emotional adjustment experienced by children living in the Chilean Aymara city of Arica. PATIENTS AND METHOD 610 students between 5th and 8th grade, in addition to their parents and teachers were surveyed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), comparing Aymara children to those without indigenous heritage. 25 items divi...

The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftereffects have affected human lives psychologically, economically, socially. study examines the dynamics of mental health problems faced by young adults consequent effects on their daily during period. Three surveys were conducted among colleges/universities going students in India time periods May-June 2020, October 2020-February 2021, January-February 2022; us...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of psychological difficulties in Danish children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes using both child/adolescent and caregiver reports, and to investigate associations between these symptoms and metabolic control, adherence, and quality of life. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHOD A total of 786 children and adolescents (8-17 years) recruited through the Danish Regi...

Purpose: The increasing number of hospital visits by children with sensorineural deafness needs attention. Apart from causing functional communication disruption, it is also initiating a psychopathological stressor that triggers mental health disorders such as emotional, depression, lack self-confidence, and behavioral problems, which overall impact the quality life in Indonesia’s future. aim t...

BACKGROUND Children living in socioeconomic disadvantage are at risk of poor mental health outcomes. In order to focus and evaluate population health programs to facilitate children's resilience, it is important to accurately assess baseline levels of functioning. With this end in mind, the aim of this study was to test the utility of 1) a voluntary random sampling method and 2) quantitative me...

This study used a longitudinal method to investigate relations between motor abilities and mental health in young children. We analyzed data of 38 Japanese children who were 3–6 years old. administered the Movement Assessment Battery for Children–Second edition (MABC2) Strength Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) at 3–4 5–6 age: MABC2 was evaluate each child’s ability; SDQ assess degree their diff...

Children who exhibit callous-unemotional (CU) traits are identified as developing particularly severe forms of externalising behaviours (EB). A number of risk factors have been identified in the development of CU traits, including biological, physiological, and genetic factors. However, prenatal testosterone (PT) remains un-investigated, yet could signal fetal programming of a combination of CU...

OBJECTIVE This report presents selected prevalence estimates for children ages 4-17 years with difficulties in emotions, concentration, behavior, or being able to get along with others using data from the 2001, 2002, and 2003 National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS). METHODS Data for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population were collected using computer-assisted personal interviews (...

BACKGROUND The visual and mental development of preterm infants improved after feeding them milk enriched with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in amounts matching the fetal accretion rate. OBJECTIVE The objective was to evaluate whether feeding preterm infants milk with a higher DHA content than that used in current practice influences language or behavior in early childhood. DESIGN This was a f...