The Development of Psychological First Aid for Schools Japanese version

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K17323
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Eizaburo 公益財団法人ひょうご震災記念21世紀研究機構, こころのケアセンター, 主任研究員 (20743040)
• Research Collaborator: KATO Hiroshi ; KAMEOKA Satomi ; OSAWA Tomoko
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 心理的応急処置 / こころのケア / 災害 / 精神保健 / 学校 / 子ども

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we developed the Psychological First Aid for Schools (PFA-S) field operations guide Japanese edition. Then we conducted one-day seminars for educational personnel based on the PFA-S operations guide. In total, we held eight seminars and had 185 participants. The participants were randomly allocated either an intervention group (having PFA-S seminar) or a waiting group. The confidence in providing mental care to students and frequency of favorable mental care behaviors which include in the PFA-S were assessed by the self-administered questionnaire. The intervention group showed the higher confidence and more favorable mental care behaviors than the waiting group. We will continue to have PFA-S seminars to train educational personnel in our institute.

Free Research Field

Psychiatry