Growth of children's non-cognitive abilities and their life backgrounds, as inferred from events that Yogo teachers consider to be "worrisome"

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K13125
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09030:Childhood and nursery/pre-school education-related
• Research Institution: Nippon Sport Science University
• Principal Investigator: Shikano Akiko 日本体育大学, 体育学部, 准教授 (10759690)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 学校保健 / 養護教諭 / 前頭葉機能

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to elucidate the actual conditions underlying the growth of children’s non-cognitive abilities and their life backgrounds, as inferred from events that Yogo teachers consider to be “worrisome.” In this study, we examined the relationship between the actual growth state of non-cognitive abilities and the lifestyle habits of elementary and junior high school students based on results obtained from go/no-go tasks, which were used as a measure of non-cognitive abilities. Consequently, we obtained these findings: 1) among today’s children, non-cognitive skill development is lagging, and their nature is changing, and 2) non-cognitive abilities are related to children’s lifestyle habits (i.e., sleep conditions, screen time, and physical activity) in addition to their sex and grade.

Free Research Field

学校保健学，発育発達学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究により得られた結果は，日本の子どもが抱える現代的な健康課題とその関連要因を“証拠”を基に浮き彫りにしたといえる．このような結果は，そこをターゲットに課題を改善する実践研究，すなわち「問題を解決する段階」の研究にもつながるものと期待できる．ここに本研究成果の社会的意義があると考える．