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Depressive symptoms among Japanese and American adolescents
K Takeuchi1, R E Roberts, S Suzuki
1Department of Public Health, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
Psychiatry Research
|September 1, 1994
Abstract:
An epidemiologic study of depressive symptoms was conducted with self-administered questionnaires among 8th grade students (12-15 years of age) in Japan (n = 570) and the United States (n = 115 Anglos, n = 180 Hispanics). The Todai Health Index-Depression Scale (THI-D), which had been developed in Japan, was used in the study after translation from Japanese to English for the U.S. subjects. The THI-D mean score for Japanese boys was significantly higher than that for Hispanic boys. Also, a gender difference was found across the ethnic groups, in which girls expressed depressive feelings more than boys.