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Takahashi I, Obara T, Kikuchi S, Kobayashi M, Ishikuro M, Murakami K, Ueno F, Noda A, Onuma T, Matsuzaki F, Kobayashi N, Hamada H, Iwama N, Saito M, Sugawara J, Tomita H, Kure S, Yaegashi N, Kuriyama S. Association between maternal psychological distress and children's neurodevelopment in offspring aged 4 years in Japan: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study. J Paediatr Child Health 2023; 59:548-554. [PMID: 36751990 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.16353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
AIM An association between maternal psychological distress and children's development has been reported, but reports from Japan are limited. This study aimed to examine the association of maternal psychological distress with children's neurodevelopment in Japan. METHODS The study assessed data of 7646 mother-infant pairs in the Japanese population. We used Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, a screening tool for psychological distress, to assess maternal psychological distress in early pregnancy and 2 years postpartum and divided it into four categories: none in both the pre-natal and post-natal periods, only the pre-natal period, only the post-natal period and both the pre-natal and post-natal periods. Children's neurodevelopment was assessed using the Ages & Stages Questionnaires Third Edition (ASQ-3) at 4 years of age. ASQ-3 comprises five domains (communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving and personal-social), and the score of less than -2 standard deviation relative to the mean in reference was defined as having developmental delay. We conducted multivariate logistic regression analysis to examine the association between maternal psychological distress and children's neurodevelopment. RESULTS The prevalence of developmental delay of communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving and personal-social were 4.0%, 4.3%, 4.9%, 3.8% and 4.6%, respectively. Maternal psychological distress in only the postpartum period and both pre-natal and postpartum periods were associated with risks of developmental delay in all domains. Maternal psychological distress in only the pre-natal period was associated with developmental delay in communication. CONCLUSIONS Maternal psychological distress is associated with risks of children's developmental delay.
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- Ippei Takahashi
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.,International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Trajectories and Associations Between Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Household Chaos and Children's Adjustment through the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Four-Wave Longitudinal Study. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2023; 51:103-117. [PMID: 35776297 PMCID: PMC9247896 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-022-00954-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health measures have adversely affected the lives of people worldwide, raising concern over the pandemic's mental health consequences. Guided by a systemic model of family functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic (Prime et al., 2020), the current study aimed to examine how caregiver well-being (i.e., maternal depressive symptoms) and family organization (i.e., household chaos) are related to longitudinal trajectories of children's emotional and behavioral problems. Data were collected at four time points during and after home lockdown periods. Mothers of children (N = 230; 55% male) between the ages of two to five years were asked to complete questionnaires via an Israeli online research platform. Results indicated that emotional and behavioral problems, household chaos, and maternal depressive symptoms were the highest during the first lockdown assessment and dropped in the post-lockdown periods. Multilevel models further revealed that at the between-participants level, maternal depressive symptoms and household chaos positively predicted children's emotional and behavioral problems. At the within-participants level, household chaos fluctuations positively predicted fluctuations in child behavioral but not emotional problems. Our findings suggest that lockdowns have adverse effects on both maternal and child mental health. Screening for depressive symptoms among mothers of young children and maintaining household structure are important targets for future interventions to assist parents in navigating the multiple challenges brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Takahashi I, Murakami K, Kobayashi M, Kikuchi S, Igarashi A, Obara T, Ishikuro M, Ueno F, Noda A, Onuma T, Matsuzaki F, Kobayashi N, Hamada H, Iwama N, Saito M, Sugawara J, Tomita H, Yaegashi N, Kure S, Kuriyama S. Association of maternal psychological distress and the use of childcare facilities with children's behavioral problems: the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study. BMC Psychiatry 2022; 22:693. [PMID: 36357866 PMCID: PMC9650864 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-04330-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Childcare facilities are a factor that lowers the established association of mother's postnatal psychiatric symptoms with children's behavioral problems. However, no studies have considered the prenatal psychiatric symptoms yet. This study examined whether the use of childcare facilities moderates the association of maternal psychological distress in early pregnancy and at two years postpartum with behavioral problems in children aged four years. METHODS The present study was based on the data from 23,130 mother-child pairs participating in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study. K6 was used to classify maternal psychological distress in early pregnancy and at two years postpartum into four categories: none in both prenatal and postnatal periods (none), only the prenatal period (prenatal only); only the postnatal period (postnatal only); both prenatal and postnatal periods (both). The children's behavioral problems were assessed using the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1½-5 (CBCL) aged four years. The clinical range of the externalizing, internalizing, and total problem scales of the CBCL was defined as having behavioral problems. To examine whether availing childcare facilities moderates the association between maternal psychological distress and children's behavioral problems, we conducted a stratified analysis based on the use of childcare facilities or not, at two years of age. The interaction term between maternal psychological distress and use of childcare facilities was included as a covariate in the multivariate logistic regression analysis to confirm the p-value for the interaction. RESULTS The prevalence of the clinical ranges of externalizing problems, internalizing problems, and clinical range of total problems were 13.7%, 15.4%, and 5.8%, respectively. The association of maternal psychological distress with a high risk of children's behavioral problems was significant; however, the association between prenatal only psychological distress and externalizing problems in the group that did not use childcare facilities was not significant. Interactions between the use of childcare facilities and maternal psychological distress on behavioral problems in children were not significant. CONCLUSIONS Use of childcare facilities did not moderate the association of maternal psychological distress in early pregnancy and at two years postpartum with behavioral problems in children aged four years.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ippei Takahashi
- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. .,Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573, Japan.
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.412757.20000 0004 0641 778XDepartment of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan ,grid.412757.20000 0004 0641 778XDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan ,grid.412757.20000 0004 0641 778XDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.412757.20000 0004 0641 778XDepartment of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.412757.20000 0004 0641 778XDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan ,grid.412757.20000 0004 0641 778XDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.412757.20000 0004 0641 778XDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan ,grid.412757.20000 0004 0641 778XDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan ,grid.412757.20000 0004 0641 778XDepartment of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan ,grid.412757.20000 0004 0641 778XDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8573 Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Miyake Y, Tanaka K, Okubo H, Sasaki S, Arakawa M. Tryptophan intake is related to a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy in Japan: baseline data from the Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study. Eur J Nutr 2022; 61:4215-4222. [PMID: 35895138 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-022-02969-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Tryptophan is an essential amino acid wholly derived from diet. While the majority of tryptophan is degraded through the kynurenine pathway into neuroactive metabolites like quinolinic acid and kynurenic acid, a small proportion of ingested tryptophan is metabolized into the neurotransmitter serotonin. The current cross-sectional study in Japan examined the association between tryptophan intake and depressive symptoms during pregnancy. METHODS Study subjects were 1744 pregnant women. Dietary intake during the preceding month was assessed using a self-administered diet history questionnaire. Depressive symptoms were defined as a score ≥ 16 on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Adjustment was made for age, gestation, region of residence, number of children, family structure, history of depression, family history of depression, smoking, secondhand smoke exposure at home and at work, employment, household income, education, body mass index, and intake of saturated fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid plus docosahexaenoic acid, calcium, vitamin D, and isoflavones. RESULTS The prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy was 19.2%. After adjustment for confounding factors, higher tryptophan intake was independently inversely associated with the prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy: the adjusted prevalence ratios (95% confidence intervals) for depressive symptoms during pregnancy in the first, second, third, and fourth quartiles of tryptophan intake were 1 (reference), 0.99 (0.76-1.28), 0.94 (0.71-1.25), and 0.64 (0.44-0.93), respectively (p for trend = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Higher estimated tryptophan intake was cross-sectionally independently associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy in Japanese women.
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- Yoshihiro Miyake
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
- Integrated Medical and Agricultural School of Public Health, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.
- Research Promotion Unit, Translation Research Center, Ehime University Hospital, Toon, Ehime, Japan.
- Center for Data Science, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan
- Integrated Medical and Agricultural School of Public Health, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
- Research Promotion Unit, Translation Research Center, Ehime University Hospital, Toon, Ehime, Japan
- Center for Data Science, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan
- Integrated Medical and Agricultural School of Public Health, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
- Japan Environment and Children's Study Programme Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaragi, Japan
- Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social and Preventive Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Wellness Research Fields, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
- The Department of Cross Cultural Studies, Osaka University of Tourism, Nago, Okinawa, Japan
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