| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | a162 |
| Survey Title | Monograph/Elementary School Students Now: Relationships with Friends, 1998 |
| Depositor | Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute (Former Name:Benesse Corporation) |
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| Educational Purpose | Available for both research and instructional purposes. |
| Period of Data Use Permission | One year |
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| Summary |
The number of children who do not attend or dislike school is increasing significantly, according to the results of the Ministry of Education's Basic Survey on Schools (1998/8). Specifically, an increasing number of children fear their peers or feel stressed or oppressed when they are in a group setting. In modern times, it is said that more and more children experience anxiety regarding interpersonal relationships and that friendships have weakened, but what is the reality for children? It is extremely important for children to experience interpersonal relationships characterized by trust and love as a basis for their ability to form strong relationships in adulthood. What are the necessary conditions to make childhood experiences of human relationships more satisfactory? This survey attempted to answer that question. The purpose of the survey was to learn more about children's friendships by focusing on the peer groups where children’s play occurs at school. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Fifth- and sixth-year students from Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Aichi, and Gifu |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size | A sample of 1,566 (791 fifth-graders, 771 sixth-graders; 834 boys, 728 girls, and 4 students of unknown gender and grade) |
| Date of Collection |
1998-02-01 ~ 1998-02-01 1998/02/01 |
| Time Period |
1998 ~ 1998 |
| Spatial Unit | chiba saitama aichi Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Aichi, Gifu |
| Sampling Procedure | |
| Mode of Data Collection | Questionnaire survey through schools |
| Investigator | Benesse Corporation，Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.a162 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | Please refer to the abstract in Japanese. |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | 【 Questionnaire 】 |
| Major Survey Items | Grade，gender，siblings, whether the respondent plays with their siblings' friends, number of friends the respondent has in their neighborhood, whether the respondent has friends outside of school, respondent’s relationships with their classmates, whether the respondent is a member of a good friend group in their class, size of group, whether the respondent has very close friends, whether those friends are from the respondent’s class group, about various friends, how the respondent's class friend group would react to the presence of a forbidden item, the reason for the respondent’s group membership, respondent’s style of playing with close friends, the strength of the respondent’s friend group bonds, respondent’s reaction to conflict, (for respondents who are not in a friend group) who the respondent plays with at recess and the reason the respondent is not in a group, etc., respondent's preferred type of person to have as a friend, the size of and gender ratio in the respondent’s class, number of classes in the respondent's grade, the types of classes the respondent takes, etc. |
| Date of Release | 2004/06/09 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Compulsory and pre-school education SOCIETY AND CULTURE |
| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning |
| Version | 1 ： 2004-06-09 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |