本研究の目的は,入学したばかりで小児看護学受講前の学生は,子どもとの接触体験をどの程度持っているのか,またどのような子どもイメージを持っているのか,子どもとの接触体験は,イメージの形成にどのように影響するのかを明らかにすることであった。対象者は,研究の目的に同意が得られた2大学の1年生143名である。結果は,接触体験で最も多い項目は,「赤ちゃんを抱く」や「子どもとの遊び相手」で世話に関する体験は少なかった。接触体験やきょうだい数が多いほど,子どもの『行動特性』からくるイメージは肯定的となっていた。他のイメージの側面には影響がみられなかった。また接触体験の多さは,子どもへの関心とも関連がなかった。むしろ接触体験が多いと苦手意識になることも示唆された。学生は,子どもへの関心は高いが,そのイメージは,子どもとの浅い関わりや外観から得られるイメージであることがわかった。

The purpose of this research was to examine the relation between the students' image of children before attending the lectures on child nursing and their previous experience of contact with children. The subjects of the research were 143 nursing students who agreed to the research at two universities. The measurement of the image of children involved a questionnaire consisting of 47 adjectives vs. four factors. And the measurement of experience of previous contact with children involved a questionnaire composed of 18 items concerning experience of contact with babies to children. The most common items checked in experience of contact were "holding a baby" and "being a child's playmate". Experience of other contacts was limited. A positive image of children's behavioral features appeared to be linked to the number of the subjects' siblings and the amount of experience of contact. Apart from this, no other relations emerged as image factors. Moreover, there was no relationship between experience of contact and interest and concern for children. Rather, it seemed that a large amount of previous contact with children was connected to the awareness of difficulties. Although it became clear that students had a high level of interest and concern, their image of children came from shallow and superficial relations.

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