2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Cultural scripts in children's storybooks and the mediating role of parents: Comparisons among Japan, China and the U.S.
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19K03238
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 10020:Educational psychology-related
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| Research Institution | The Open University of Japan |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | スクリプト / 比較文化 / 物語スキーマ / 児童書 / 内容分析 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research compared American and Japanese children's books in terms of cultural story schemas. Overall,169 American books and 182 Japanese books were selected as popular children's books, based on recommendation lists by public libraries in each culture. As a result of structured content analysis, American books were more likely to have a happy ending and to focus on individuality than Japanese books. Japanese books included not only a happy ending but also a sad ending such as death and separation. The books for older children tended to deal with more serious themes in each culture, including diversity and anti-discrimination in American books, and war and self-sacrifice in Japanese books.
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| Free Research Field |
発達心理学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
日本と米国の児童書の内容分析を通して、物語スキーマの共通性と差異を見出すことができた。児童書は子どもを社会化・文化化する機能をもっていると考えられることから、これらの知見は日米の子どもの語り（スクリプト）の違いを理解する上で重要な知見になると思われる。
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