Current state of refusal to attend school in Japan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 622-

  Inoue, Ken ^a   Tanii, Hisashi ^b   Nishimura, Yukika ^b   Masaki, Mina ^c   Nishida, Atsushi ^b   Kajiki, Naomi ^b   Okazaki, Yuji ^b,d   Ono, Yuichiro ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Warakukai Incorporated Medical Institution   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; LETTER; SCHOOL; STUDENT; STUDENT RETENTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 53149128032     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01857.x     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Iwamoto S, Yoshida K. School refusal in Japan: The recent dramatic increase in incidence is a cause for concern. Soc. Behav. Pers. 1997 25 : 315 320.
2. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The Number of Students Refusing to Attend School in the Investigation Concerning Various Problems in Life Guidance among Student's problem behavior etc in 2006 (H18) Cited 12 December 2007.] Available from URL: http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/ houdou/19/08/07080133.htm (last accessed 12 December 2007).