小学生の対象喪失の悲嘆経験と動物への態度との関連 : 生命尊重の教育に資するために

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As the trend of nuclear families increasing, especially in the last few years, the number of children experiencing the death of a close relatives decreases. Moreover, the educational problems related to bullying, suicides and juvenile crimes of the child are increasing. The purpose of this research was to study 2 relationships, first between children's experience of grief and the respect for life and the second between children's experience of grief and the attitude towards animals. In this research, elementary school students (N=219) completed a questionnaire. The results were as follows: (1) Analyzing with factor analysis (the main factor method; the promax rotated factor matrix), 6 items yielded 2 factors were selected to complete the measurement of attitude to animals. These factors were labeled as preservation of animals and kindness to animals. (2) Grief experience of close relative animals was related to preservation of animals and kindness to animals. Furthermore, attitude factors were evaluated by the attitude to animals scale scoring, and the following results were obtained; attitude to animal levels of the students who experienced grief was higher than the others. The results of the present study suggest the possibility of using the loss of pets or animals that children are close to educate children on how to respect life.
2012-03-31