Elementary and Junior high School Teachers' Perception with Children who had Experienced Bereavement

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463509
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Kyoto Koka Women's University (2016); Tenshi College (2013-2015)
• Principal Investigator: KUKITSU Tomoko 京都光華女子大学, 健康科学部, 教授 (10177975)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TANAKA Saori 天使大学, 看護栄養学部, 助教 (00559825)
• Research Collaborator: KUDO Etsuko 札幌保健医療大学, 看護学部, 助教 (70438422)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: グリーフケア / 死別した子ども / 小中学校教員 / 認識 / 子どものグリーフ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We surveyed elementary and junior high school teachers on their perceptions and actual interactions with children who had experienced bereavement. Subject:460 elementary and junior high school teachers. Half of the individuals who had a history of interactions with children who had experienced bereavement also had the opportunity to talk with the child about the bereavement. While in many cases the impetus for the conversation was, “concern about the child’s condition,” reasons for not conversing with the child included, “not wanting to bring up painful memories for the child,” “not knowing the best way to talk to the child,” “it is not the domain of the school,” and so on.
While many positive statements regarding talking to children about death were written in the free response section, we were able to identify the passive state of interaction exemplified by statements such as “it is not the concern of teachers,” etc.

Free Research Field

小児看護学