1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
THE DEVELOPMENT OF BULLING AND SCHOOL MALADAPTION PREVENTION PROGRAM IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL. STUDY FOR DEVELOPMENT THE PROGRAM OF PREVENTING BULLING AND MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN ELENTARY SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND HIG
| Project/Area Number |
09410035
|
|---|
| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
|
| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
|---|
| Section | 一般 |
|---|
| Research Field |
教育・社会系心理学
|
|---|
| Research Institution | University of Miyazaki |
|---|
Principal Investigator |
TAKAYAMA Iwo FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, PROFESSOR, 教育文化学部, 教授 (60041307)
|
|---|
| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OKAYASU Takahiro FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, MIYAZAKI UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 教育文化学部, 助教授 (40224084)
KOBAYASHI Tatsushi FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, MIYAZAKI UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR, 教育文化学部, 教授 (90244186)
TANIMOTO Yoshihiko FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, MIYAZAKI UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR, 教育文化学部, 教授 (80041052)
SETO Tomoya FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, MIYAZAKI UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 教育文化学部, 助教授 (40171350)
SHINCHI Tatsurou FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, MIYAZAKI UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 教育文化学部, 助教授 (20284820)
|
|---|
| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
|
| Keywords | BULLYING / PSYCOLOGICAL STRESS / MENTAL HEALTH / ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL / HIGH SCHOOL / 中学校 / 高等学校 |
|---|
| Research Abstract |
This study investigated the psychological stress and the mental health of bullies and victims in order to take steps to cope with bullying and consider how to improve their mental health. Approximately 1400 elementary school children and approximately 7000 junior high school children completed the bullying questionnaire, the psychological stress scale, and the health-related questionnaires.
The results from elementary school indicated that (a) the children of the class included much victims were in poorer mental health, and (b) those children much experienced especially the peer-dated and the academic-related stressful events in their daily school lives. The results from junior high school showed that (a) children were categorized as 'relational victims', 'relational and oven victims', 'relational bullies', 'relational and oven bullies', and 'others' ,(b) 'relational and oven victims' reported the highest stress symptoms, 'relational victims' did especially depressive-anxious mood, and both victims the most frequently experienced the stressful events on academic achievement and felt them aversive, (c) many 'relational and oven bullies complained of especially irritable-angry and helpless mood and were dissatisfied with the relation with teachers.
Moreover, we practiced the bullying prevention program (P.E.A.C.E. Pack) in a certain junior high school across a year as part of taking steps to cope with bullying problem. The program worked well for leading not only children but teachers and parents to a better understanding of bullying problem, and for constructing the support system for victims, which, in fact, decreased bullying.
|
