Basic survey on child-rearing couples for parenting support considering father's child abuse prevention

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K19774
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 58080:Gerontological nursing and community health nursing-related
• Research Institution: Teikyo University of Science & Technology (2020-2022); Japan University of Health Sciences (2019)
• Principal Investigator: Etsuko Takagi 帝京科学大学, 医療科学部, 准教授 (20587761)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 母子保健 / 育児支援 / 親子保健 / 横断調査 / 乳幼児虐待予防

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to clarify the factors related to the abusive behavior of men and women who are raising preschool children. In July 2020, we conducted an online questionnaire survey of 300 men and women who are raising preschool children. A t-test and logistic regression analysis were performed according to the frequency of abusive behavior. Valid responses from 104 men and 196 women were analyzed. The average age was 38.7 for males and 36.1 for females. Females spent an average of 7.96 hours on childcare, and they often scolded their children loudly. The frequency of abuse tended to be higher for those who felt that it was difficult to balance work and family, and the same tendency was observed for men. It was suggested that the frequency of abusive behavior towards children could be reduced by improving the environment for men to be involved in child-rearing.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本は急激な少子高齢化を迎え、労働力不足が深刻な問題である。男女雇用均等法による骨太の法案として、政府は男性の育児休暇取得を義務化させることが示されているが、育児期家庭においては父親を含めた家族支援が不十分であり、少子化傾向の改善も十分でない。乳幼児・児童虐待の報告件数が増加の一途をたどり、特に父親の虐待件数も増加傾向にあるため、子どもの養育者として男女双方のデータを収集したことは有意義であった。日本ではあまり実施されていない、父親への育児支援を含めた家族支援の実施は先進国では介入評価の段階にあり、育児が家族支援の観点から実施される必要があり、その基礎資料となる。