2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Problems and development of a support program in nursery schools for children with the experience of parental loss (including ambiguous loss)

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Project/Area Number	17K04297
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	University of Shizuoka,Shizuoka College
Principal Investigator	Kato Emi 静岡県立大学短期大学部, 短期大学部, 助教 (50381314)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	井上孝代明治学院大学, 国際平和研究所, 名誉教授 (30242225) 伊藤武彦和光大学, 現代人間学部, 教授 (60176344) 松平千佳静岡県立大学短期大学部, 短期大学部, 准教授 (70310901)
Project Period (FY)	2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords	あいまいな喪失 / 離婚 / テキストマイニング
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Many children are traumatized by the loss of a parent due to disaster, accident, illness, or suicide. With the increase in domestic violence and divorce due to the spread of coronavirus infection, the number of children experiencing "ambiguous loss" (Boss 1999) has been increasing, and we examined the need for "psychosocial support" for children experiencing loss in the childcare field. As a result of interviews and a questionnaire survey of nursery school childcare workers, many of them had experience taking care of children who had experienced separation from their parents due to divorce, and they expressed the need to learn specialized knowledge and skills regarding support for children who have experienced loss due to separation from their parents while providing individualized support. Based on the results of the survey, findings were obtained for the construction of a support method to enhance the resilience of children who have experienced loss for the incumbent.
Free Research Field	社会福祉学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	学術的意義の1つは養護と教育の一体的取り組みと保護者支援を専門性とする保育の本来的あり方において、保護者との離別による“あいまいな喪失”（Boss 1999）を体験する子どもへの心理社会的支援の必要性を、保育士の面接及び質問紙調査結果から明らかにしたこと。２つ目は調査結果も基盤とし親との離別に伴う悲嘆やトラウマを抱える子どものレジリエンスを高める支援法開発の知見を得たことである。本課題「保育における子どもの喪失体験（あいまいな喪失含む）の課題および支援法開発の試み」が期せずしてコロナウイルス感染拡大による“あいまいな喪失”という人間関係の問題が増加し社会問題と直結していることが顕著である。