Development of a scale about father's child-rearing anxiety and a study for factors on their child-rearing anxiety

• Project/Area Number: 15K01761
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Childhood science (childhood environment science)
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Principal Investigator: Yamagiwa Yuichiro 首都大学東京, 都市教養学部, 准教授 (00230342)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
• Keywords: 養育不安 / 父親 / テキストマイニング / 尺度 / 子育て / 尺度作成

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focused on anxiety about father's chilid-rearing.
In Study I, 1286 fathers who have the preschoolers or elementary school low or high grade students, answered open-ended questionnaire about their child-rearing anxieties. In Study Ⅱ, 713 fathers answered the rating scale which was constructed from these results. This scale have 51 items containing 19 items from the existing mother's child-rearing anxiety scale.
Results show that father's child-rearing anxiety are not caused by direct contact with children but caused by indirect matters such as job category, income, home environment and so on.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 父親の養育不安について－テキスト型データの解析から－ (2018)
  • Author(s): 山際勇一郎
  • Journal Title: 首都大学東京 人文学報 Volume: 514 Pages: 11-16
  • NAID: 40021759442
• [Presentation] Factors related to parenting in Japan, China, and Korea (1):physical aspects (2017)
  • Author(s): Umezaki,T., Kominato, M., Gao, X., Yamagiwa, Y., & Aoyagi, H.
  • Organizer: 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Factors related to parenting in Japan, China, and Korea (2): verbal aspect (2017)
  • Author(s): Kominato, M., Umezaki, T., Gao, X., Yamagiwa, Y., & Nakamura, J.
  • Organizer: 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A study for assessing the development of social behaviors comparing Korean and Japanese preschool children: The aspect of moral development. (2016)
  • Author(s): Yamagiwa, Y., Umezaki, T., Yamagiwa, Y., Gao, X., Kominato, & Hyun, J-H.
  • Organizer: The 2016 Annual Conference of Korean Psychological Association
  • Place of Presentation: Gunsam, Korea.
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-18
• [Presentation] A study for assessing the development of social behaviors comparing Korean and Japanese preschool children: The aspect of chores development. (2016)
  • Author(s): Umezaki, T., Yamagiwa, Y., Kominato, M., Gao, X., & Hyun, J-H.
  • Organizer: The 2016 Annual Conference of Korean Psychological Association
  • Place of Presentation: Gunsam, Korea.
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-18
• [Presentation] A study for assessing the development of social behaviors comparing Korean and Japanese preschool children: The aspect of sociability. (2016)
  • Author(s): Kominato, M., Yamagiwa, Y., Umezaki, T., Yamagiwa, Y., Gao, X., & Hyun, J-H.
  • Organizer: The 2016 Annual Conference of Korean Psychological Association
  • Place of Presentation: Gunsam, Korea.
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-18
• [Presentation] A study for assessing rules among children in East Asia. (2016)
  • Author(s): Gao, X., Yamagiwa, Y., Umezaki, T., Kominato, M., Sato, M., & Hyun, J-H.
  • Organizer: The 31st International Congress of Psychology,
  • Place of Presentation: Yokohama, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A study for assessing self-control development of children in East Asia. (2016)
  • Author(s): Umezaki, T., Yamagiwa, Y., Gao, X., Kominato, M., Sato, M., & Hyun, J-H.
  • Organizer: The 31st International Congress of Psychology,
  • Place of Presentation: Yokohama, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 子どもの発達に影響を及ぼす諸要因の検討 (2015)
  • Author(s): 小湊真衣・山際勇一郎・梅崎高行・高 向山・佐藤真理恵・青柳肇・中村淳子
  • Organizer: 日本子育て学会第7回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 甲南女子大学(兵庫県・神戸市)
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-28
• [Presentation] A study for assessing motor skills and verbal development of children in East Asia. (2015)
  • Author(s): Yamagiwa,Y., Umezaki,T., Kominato,M., & Hyun, J-H.
  • Organizer: 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Braga, Portugal
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-08
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 文系のためのSPSSデータ解析 (2016)
  • Author(s): 山際勇一郎・服部環
  • Total Pages: 243
  • Publisher: ナカニシヤ出版