Longitudinal and qualitative elucidation of children's resilience skills to prevent truancy

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K03362
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 10020:Educational psychology-related
• Research Institution: Shizuoka University
• Principal Investigator: Kobayashi Tomoko 静岡大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90337733)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 渡邊 弥生 法政大学, 文学部, 教授 (00210956) ; 古見 文一 静岡大学, 教育学部, 講師 (70771848) ; 五十嵐 哲也 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (90458141)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: レジリエンス / 不登校傾向 / 小中学生

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through longitudinal and qualitative research on children's resilience skills, several significant findings were identified. Firstly, it was observed that stressors influenced tendencies toward school refusal; however, resilience skills mitigated these tendencies in both elementary and middle school students. Furthermore, longitudinal analysis revealed that resilience skills increased from fifth grade to eighth grade across three key factors before experiencing a decline. Interviews with children who demonstrated increased resilience and improved adjustment highlighted "lifestyle" and "positive thinking" as common contributing factors. The implementation of a program designed to teach these resilience skills was found to reduce the propensity for school absenteeism.

Free Research Field

教育心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、小中学生の不登校傾向をレジリエンススキルが抑制すること、さらにこれまでの研究成果に基づいたプログラムにより、レジリエンススキルの向上、不登校傾向の抑制を確認することができた。不登校児童生徒が30万人を超え、社会問題となっていることからも、予防的および回復の観点からもレジリエンススキルを活かせると考えられる。