A study on the education for suicide prevention for children with the subjective feeling of health scale

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K20944
• Project/Area Number (Other): 18H05748 (2018)
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund (2019); Single-year Grants (2018)
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: Okada Michiyo 高知大学, 教育研究部人文社会科学系教育学部門, 教授 (50587433)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-08-24 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 主観的健康感 / 自殺予防 / 相談対象 / 抑うつ / コミュニケーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A plain scale ("the weather about the body" and "the weather about the mind") to grasp the subjective feeling of health of children for teachers and other stuff who contacted a lot with them was developed to promote suicide prevention for Japanese children.The subjects consisted of 6,421 students in Japan.　As a result, a significant difference was found ; high school students scored lower than junior high students, and junior high students scored lower than elemntary shoolchildren. A significant correlation was identified among the feeling of subjective health, depression and the everyday life of children.
It was shown that the need of the communication-centered intervention achieved a subjective feeling of health among children. However, at effective time, a period and the need of the careful selection of contents were shown.

Free Research Field

教育学　臨床心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

子どもの自殺予防を推進するために、子どもたちに分かり易い主観的健康観（感）を把握するためのツール（「からだのお天気」と「こころのお天気」シート）を開発したことで、教職員を含む関係者が、いち早く子どもの心身の状態に気づけるきっかけになった。また子どもの抑うつや日常生活の様子も捉えられ、子ども自身が自分の心身の状態を客観視できるツールでもあり、自殺予防の一助となりうると考える。