Psychological stability process of Yogo teachers who have experienced the death of students

Research Project

Project/Area Number	17H07313
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Sociology of education
Research Institution	Kwassui Women's College
Principal Investigator	OHNO Shiho 活水女子大学, 健康生活学部, 講師 (00802331)
Project Period (FY)	2017-08-25 – 2019-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000) Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	養護教諭 / 死亡事故 / 事故の経験 / 心理的安定
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In this study, through interviews with Yogo teachers who have experienced deaths of their students, we examined the process of the Yogo teachers would take to achieve psychological stability. As a result of analyzing the recovery process of the Yogo teachers who experienced the fatal accidents of their students from the two points of view, "factor that reduced psychological burdens" and "factor that increased psychological burdens", their school environments enhanced by reorganizing their systems reduced the burdends. It was also found that touching the sadness and feelings of others increased the burdens and suppressed their recovery. In addition, Yogo teachers who lost their students in traffic accidents on the way to school, experienced less psychological upset and calmly dealt with confused students than Yogo teachers who experienced sudden death of their students in the school.
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	養護教諭は学校で事故が起こった場合、児童生徒の救急処置等その時点での重要な役割を担う他、事後も混乱した児童生徒への対応をするなど他の教師とは異なる多くの役割を果たさなければならない。そのため、養護教諭の心理的負担が大きく養護教諭自身が機能しなくなる恐れがある。養護教諭が必要な時期に適切な支援を受けることは、自身の心理的な回復のみならず、学校全体が早期に通常の機能を取り戻すほか保健室での児童生徒への対応にも何らかの影響があるのではないかと思われる。そこで、本研究により死亡事故の経験が養護教諭の心理状態やその後の職務に与えた影響が明らかとなり、支援策を提案する一助となると考えられる。