Analysis of activities and stress states of nursery teachers as a childcare environment

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K01889
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Childhood science (childhood environment science)
• Research Institution: Jin-ai University
• Principal Investigator: Mori Toshiyuki 仁愛大学, 人間学部, 教授 (00301078)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: ストレス / 保育士 / 唾液アミラーゼ / 業務 / 時間帯 / 自己効力感

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A questionnaire survey was conducted to ask nursery teachers to answer their daily psychological stress.As a result, it was shown that nursery teachers felt more stressed during activities such as preparing documents, attending conferences, and talking with parents, etc. than during activities with children.
The results of measuring salivary amylase activity, which is the physiological indicator of stress, during the day-to-day care of nursery teachers were almost the same as the results of psychological stress.

Free Research Field

福祉心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、心理的指標と生理的指標を用いて保育士のストレスの特徴を検討し、保育士のストレスが業務の内容や時間帯によって異なることが確認された。ストレスが高い業務が学問的に明確となることで、たとえばその業務の後にストレス対処法を取り入れたり、その業務に対して別途金銭的手当を支給したり、その業務のための職員を加配したりするなど、さまざまな対策を検討するための基礎資料とすることができる。