On constructing a supporting system for educational counseling in Japanese schools overseas : An examination about contributions of the university in Japan as a supportive resource.

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530849
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University of Education
• Principal Investigator: HIRANO Naoki 北海道教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80281864)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): AOKI Kikuyo お茶の水女子大学, 人間文化創成科学研究科, 准教授 (10254129)
• Research Collaborator: GOTO Ryota ; NAGAYA Yusuke
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 日本人学校 / 在外教育施設 / 教育相談 / メンタルヘルス支援

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, we visited four Japanese schools overseas (JSs) from a university in Japan , conducted the activities supporting the systems of educational counseling, and investigated how outreach activities could contribute to a new resource for enhancing mental health of members of JSs(children,teachers,and parent) .
Through the practical researches, we suggested the following points. (1)Mental health of members of JSs is affected by three factors, A) conditions of the community(e.g.,public security and resources), B) residential environments and relations with neighbors, and C) continuities of living and educative environments from Japan. (2)JSs play important parts of supporting mental health for Japanese residents in the community, and that is a big burden on teachers. (3)Making good use of the characteristics "outsiderness", outreach activities supporting the systems of educational counseling make substantial contributions to enhancing mental health of members of JSs.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学