Characteristics of Inattention and Hyperactivity, Perception of General Health, and Reading Literacy of Japanese Adolescents: Results from a Large-scale Community Sample

• Published in: Acta Medica Nagasakiensia Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 71 - 79
• Main Authors: Yamada, Seigo, Imamura, Akira, Honda, Sumihisa, Iwanaga, Ryoichiro, Shibuya, Kenichi, Dunn, Winnie, Ozawa, Hiroki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nagasaki University School of Medicine 2017
• Subjects: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; General Health Questionnaire; Grade level; Literacy weakness in KOKUGO and ENGLISH

Adolescents with reading literacy difficulty with comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are often at a greater risk for problems of communication, and behavioral and mental health challenges. We aimed to examine literacy weakness for the native Japanese language of KOKUGO and the foreign...