1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Longitudinal study of children's stress responses after the earthquake
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08610129
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
教育・社会系心理学
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| Research Institution | Hyogo University of Teacher education |
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Principal Investigator |
NATSUNO Yoshiji Hyogo University of Teacher education, Counseling and Guidance, Associated Professor, 学校教育学部, 助教授 (10198369)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
AMANE Tetsuji Hyogo University of Teacher education, Curriculum and Instruction, Associated Pr, 学校教育学部, 助教授 (70127603)
KOGAWA Masafumi Hyogo Univesity of Teacher education, Center for School Education Research, Asso, 学校教育センター, 助教授 (80153518)
ASAKAWA Kiyoshi Hyogo University of Teacher education, Early Childhood Education, Professor, 学校教育学部, 教授 (00136029)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1996 – 1997
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| Keywords | stress response / PTSD / earthquake disaster / Hyogo-South Earthquake |
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| Research Abstract |
This report is based on a research of children that were experienced to serious Hyogo-South earthquake on the morning January 17,1995. The purpose of the study was to clarify how children felt stress after the earthquake. Subjects participated were third and fifth grader of elementary schools and second grader of jinior high schools.
Surveys were conducted four times after the disaster, namely, at four-months (N=10,685), six-months (N=9,698), one year (N=9,034) and two years (N=10,692). The Children's Stress Response Inventory (CSRI) was used for measurement of the post traumatic stress response. Main findings was as follows ;
1. It was confirmed by factor analysis that CSRI has three dimensions ; (1) anxiety and fear (2) depression and physical stress response (3) quilty feeling.
2. The Characteristics of Children's stress response after earthquake are as shown below.
(1) Stress response has positive relation with their damages received by the earthquake.
(2) Younger students showed high scores of stress responses.
(3) Girls showed stronger stress response than boys
(4) Stress response has been decreasing for two years after the earthquake as whole. But, 17.70% of Children still show some post-traumatic stress response by earthquake.
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