2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Influences of Disturbance of Rhythmic Daily Life of Children on There's Concentration and Emotional Stability.
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15500507
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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 |
General human life sciences
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| Research Institution | UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA |
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Principal Investigator |
KAMIKAWA Yasuko UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PROFESSOR, 人間発達科学部, 教授 (50143839)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2005
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| Keywords | CHILDREN / RHYTHM OF SLEEP-AWAKE / SIT UP LATE AT NIGHT / CONCENTRATION / EMOTIONAL STABILITY / MANAGEMENT OF LIFE / QUALITY OF LIFE / ENVIRONMENT OF LIFE |
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| Research Abstract |
In my lab, we have researched children's sleep with the focus on their lifestyle since 1996. This study especially focused on the impact of disruption in children's sleep and waking cycle on their concentration and emotional stability. The aim of this study is for parents and teachers to understand the importance of adjusting daily rhythm and getting enough sleep and to provide educational support to help children self-supervise their life, as they grow older. The following is a list of findings of the three-year study we conducted.
1.A study of school nurses from elementary school to high school in Toyama Prefecture in 2003 revealed that children's bedtime is getting later, and their lack of sleep is getting prominent.
2.In this study, school nurses (teachers of schools for the disabled) quoted "emotionally unstable", "immature mental development", "feeling sick", and "suffering from fatigue" as children's (students') recent mental and physical condition.
3.A study of university students about the relationship between their sleeping habit and their mental/physical condition revealed that the later their wake-up/bedtime is and the shorter their sleeping hours are,1) the larger the number of complaints for fatigue in the daytime becomes, and 2) the bigger the standard deviation of results of "Drop Reaction Test" which examines activity of reflexes (tested five times) becomes, and students' work gets unstable.
4.However, by spraying cedrol (flavor component which has effect to parasympathetic dominant) in a classroom, the number of complaints for fatigue decreases, and the standard deviation of test results gets smaller and more stabilized. This effect was also confirmed with calculation work of elementary school students.
We organized our three-year study results into a presentation. This presentation was utilized at 107 schools and teachers' trainings for improving QOL of children and adults.
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Research Products
(13 results)
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[Book] 今、教育の原点を問う2005
Author(s)
神川 康子(諏訪春雄編集)
Total Pages
127-146
Publisher
勉誠出版
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Book] 住まいの事典2004
Author(s)
神川康子
Total Pages
154-157
Publisher
朝倉書店
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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