著者

山崎 勝之 Katsuyuki YAMASAKI

出版者

鳴門教育大学

雑誌

鳴門教育大学研究紀要 = Research bulletin of Naruto University of Education (ISSN:18807194)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.37, pp.30-45, 2022-03-31

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School refusal (non-attendance at school) has recently been prevalent in Japan. The number of children refusing to go to school decreased until the mid 1970 s, but has been reversely increasing from then to the present. Regarding school refusal, various causes are indicated, among which changes in the industrial structure and rising education continuance rates to senior high schools are underscored. Thereby, schools are getting less fascinating to children. Although the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has attempted to deal with this problem, it has resulted in failure. So, the MEXT has come to regard school refusal as a common phenomenon ordinary children often show, and admitted various types of unofficial private schools receiving children with school refusal. Additionally, the MEXT started the examination of the certificate for students achieving the proficiency level of upper secondary school graduates by which children can select various future routes including to enter universities without going to senior high schools. From various causes leading to school refusal, the current paper mainly picked up the causes of children's psychological characteristics leading to school refusal. Then, first, it was depicted how such characteristics develop and result in school refusal. Thereafter, based on the development, various solutions for school refusal were suggested for surrounding people such as parents and teachers. Second, the concrete solutions were explained depending on the stages of school refusal. Finally, as one of the fundamental solutions, the possibilities of prevention education at school were introduced, along with the current world trend of this problem.

著者

山崎 勝之 内田 香奈子 Katsuyuki YAMASAKI Kanako UCHIDA

出版者

鳴門教育大学

雑誌

鳴門教育大学研究紀要 = Research bulletin of Educational Sciences, Naruto University of Education (ISSN:13434403)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.20, pp.1-10, 2005-03-04

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Questionnaires are often administered in survey studies in psychology. The reason why they are used more frequently than the other methods, such as observations and interviews, is that they have greater merits in time and costs. However, the questionnaires have low accuracy to measure psychological characteristics, specifically psychological constructs, such as personality, affection, and cognition. So, in order to improve their measurement accuracy, it becomes essential to be careful to develop and administer them. In this paper, after indicating the low measurement accuracy of the questionnaires, we presented various methodological considerations when developing the Japanese versions of the questionnaires based on their original versions in foreign countries, and furthermore the original Japanese versions. Above all, we explained in great detail the process to develop the questionnaires that are original to Japan. The process contained the precise understanding of concepts to measure, how to answer the questionnaires (e.g., self-report or report by others), collection of items, and general standardization methods concerning reliability and validity. In addition, we called attention to a number of points to notice when administering the questionnaires to groups. Lastly, we closed the paper, emphasizing that the attempt to enhance the level of standardization is never ending.