Multidimensional understanding of "desirable styles of empathy for kindergarten and nursery-school teachers" and a proposal of the educational program

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380943
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
• Principal Investigator: Kino Kazuyo 宮城学院女子大学, 学芸学部, 教授 (30389093)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 内田 千春 東洋大学, ライフデザイン学部, 教授 (20460553) ; 鈴木 有美 福岡女子大学, 国際文理学部, 准教授 (00575160) ; 高橋 靖子 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 講師 (20467088)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 多次元共感性 / 保育者 / 保護者 / 共感疲労 / 精神的健康 / 理想像 / 保育者養成 / 教育プログラム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study explored the desirable styles of empathy for kindergarten and nursery school teachers to keep their mental health at work, using the data collected from students in the kindergarten and nursery-school teacher education courses, kindergarten and nursery-school teachers, and parents of kindergarten and nursery-school children. The results showed that in maintaining their mental health it was necessary to reduce their emotional susceptibility and self-oriented emotional reactivity. From the results above, we made an educational program focusing on self-understanding of empathy to use in seminars for kindergarten and nursery-school teacher education courses.

Free Research Field

感情心理学・教育心理学