Lesson development for coping with stress caused by COVID-19

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K22214
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: Ohtsuka Yoshio 熊本大学, 大学院教育学研究科, 教授 (10882334)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: COVID-19 / 不安 / ストレス / 心のサポート授業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

At the schools surveyed, activities were conducted to share knowledge about COVID-19, preventive measures, ideas for home life during school closures, and thoughts on hardships, and human rights considerations for people with COVID-19, their families, and medical staff. , “Mental Support Classes” for coping with stress, such as breathing techniques for calming down, were conducted. It was also suggested that the effects of this class may have led to the acquisition of a sense of security in the children and the reduction of stress.
In addition, we reconfigured the questionnaire by combining scales related to multiple anxiety factors that have been dealt with in previous studies, asking ``What kind of anxiety do junior high school students have under COVID-19? The structure of the factors was exploratoryly examined and examined.

Free Research Field

学校心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

COVID-19などの感染症で急な休校措置は，児童に高いストレスや不安を与えることになる。しかし， ストレスチェックを元にその感染症の知識や予防法(手洗い・咳エチケッ ト・密をさける)を学ぶ心のサポート授業は児童のストレス軽減に効果がみられた。
中学生が抱えている不安を包括的に測定するために，34項目設定した。因子分析の結果，4因子が抽出された。混合型2要因分散分析を行った結果，不安因子について のみ主効果が認められた。また，下位検定の結果，身体症状神経質とトラウマの不安が高い傾向にあり，ついで，対人恐怖，ネガティブの順であることが明らか となった。