Research on the status and its related factors of Mother-Child interaction frequency in Japanese women, an adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children's Study.

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K20844
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health; Childhood science (childhood environment science)
• Research Institution: Asahikawa Medical College
• Principal Investigator: Kawanishi Yasuyuki 旭川医科大学, 医学部, 客員助教 (30624027)
• Research Collaborator: SAIJO Yasuaki ; YOSHIOKA Eiji ; KISHI Reiko ; ARAKI Atsuko ; ITO Yoshiya
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: スキンシップ / エコチル / コホート / 母子保健 / 親子保健

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to develop a mother-infant interaction frequency scale and to clarify its related factors. As an adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children's Study, a self-administered questionnaire was conducted on the Hokkaido unit center participants whose children were 3.5 to 4 years old, and factor analysis was performed. As a result of the analysis, four factors were extracted: "affective physical contact, cultural interaction, active physical contact, staring". We performed multiple regression analyses using this mother-infant interaction scale (16-80 points) as the objective variable, and data up to one month after delivery as an explanatory variable. As a result, parity, BMI before pregnancy, frequency of contact with close people, and the number of friends/neighbors to whom she can talk freely were significantly associated with this scale.

Free Research Field

疫学、公衆衛生学、母子保健

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究から、母子のスキンシップ４因子「愛情表出的かかわり、文化的かかわり、アクティブなかかわり、見つめ合い」が抽出され、3－４歳の母子のスキンシップ頻度を把握する手段として、新たな調査票が開発された。また産後一ヶ月までの各要因のうち、出産歴、非妊時BMI、近しい人と連絡をとる頻度、相談できる親族や友人の数が有意に関連していることが明らかになり、上に子供が多くいるほど、また母の体格が痩せているほどスキンシップの頻度は減少し、連絡を取る頻度が多いほど、また相談できる親族友人の数が多いほどに、スキンシップ頻度が増加する可能性が示唆された。