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Perceived Rearing Attitudes and Minor Psychiatric Morbidity among Japanese Adolescents
Author(s) -
Kitamura Toshinori,
Suzuki Tadaharu
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1993.tb01795.x
Subject(s) - general health questionnaire , psychology , minor (academic) , psychiatry , anxiety , clinical psychology , political science , law
Abstract: The relationship between perceived rearing experiences and minor psychiatric morbidity was studied in a sample of Japanese adolescents. Their perceived rearing experiences were measured by the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) and minor psychiatric morbidity by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The total GHQ score was slightly but significantly higher (r=0.28) among those recording high maternal protection than among those with low maternal protection, but of the subscale scores of the GHQ, only the anxiety and insomnia subscale retained this same relationship with perceived rearing experiences. The parental age, educational career, and sibship position showed no correlation with the PBI scores.