Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 256-265 , May 2010

Temperament and character as predictors of fatigue-induced symptoms among school children in Japan: a 1-year follow-up study

  • Emi Yamano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
    • Department of Genome Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Public Health, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
    • Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)/Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX), Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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  • Sanae Fukuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
    • Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)/Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX), Saitama 332-0012, Japan
    • ,
  • Takako Joudoi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Development, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University Graduate School, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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  • Kei Mizuno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
    • Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)/Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX), Saitama 332-0012, Japan
    • ,
  • Masaaki Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
    • Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)/Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX), Saitama 332-0012, Japan
    • Department of Biomarker and Molecular Biophysics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
    • ,
  • Yosky Kataoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
    • Center for Molecular Imaging Science RIKEN, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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  • Junko Kawatani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Development, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University Graduate School, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
    • ,
  • Miyuki Takano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Development, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University Graduate School, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
    • ,
  • Akemi Tomoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Development, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University Graduate School, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
    • ,
  • Kyoko Imai-Matsumura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical, Health and Special Support Education, Graduate School in Science of School Education, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Hyogo 673-1494, Japan
    • ,
  • Teruhisa Miike

      Affiliations

    • Hyogo Children's Sleep and Development Medical Research Center, Hyogo 651-2181, Japan
    • ,
  • Fumihiko Matsuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genome Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Public Health, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
    • Unit of Human Disease Genomics, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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  • Yasuyoshi Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
    • Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)/Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX), Saitama 332-0012, Japan
    • Center for Molecular Imaging Science RIKEN, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan. Tel.: +81 6 6645 3711; fax: +81 6 6645 3712.

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 This study was partly supported by the 21st Century COE Program “Base to Overcome Fatigue” from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.

PII: S0010-440X(09)00093-5

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.08.001

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 256-265 , May 2010

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