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Original article| Volume 34, ISSUE 1-2, P59-65, July 01, 1993

A cross-national EEG study of children with emotional and behavioral problems: A WHO collaborative study in the Western Pacific region

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(93)90257-E
A cross-national EEG study of children with emotional and behavioral problems: A WHO collaborative study in the Western Pacific region
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      Abstract

      Electroencephalograms (EEGs) of children from the general population, assessed by Rutter's questionnaires as having deviant behavior, were quantitatively evaluated in Japan (n = 27), China (n = 39), and Korea (n = 87). Compared with age-matched normal behavior children in Japan (n = 30), China (n = 27), and Korea (n = 26), there were no differences either in the EEG frequency pattern or other EEG variables. The EEGs of age-matched children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity in psychiatric clinics in Japan (n = 21), China (n = 41), and Korea (n = 29), were significantly different from those of normal and deviant behavior groups. There were more delta and fast theta waves and fewer alpha waves in all three countries, and hypothetical EEG maturation was retearded in Japan and China. These results suggested that the deviant behavior of children in the general population had no biological background, but presumably stemmed from psychosocial disadvantages. In contrast, the symptoms of hyperactive children seemed to be related to a biological dysfunction such as brain immaturity.

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      Publication history

      Received in revised form: March 31, 1993
      Received: August 7, 1992

      Footnotes

      ☆This international collaborative study was initiated by the late Professor Ryo Takahashi, who was the principal investigator. The authors wish to acknowledge his guidance. Special thandks ar due to Dr. Naotaka Shinfuku for his valuable advise.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(93)90257-E

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      © 1993 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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