食事中の会話からみる家族内コミュニケーションと家族の健康性および心理的結合性の関連の検討

抄録

　　The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship among family communication in meals, psychological health of family, and parent-child psychological connection. The questionnaire was distributed to 77 elementary school children in fifth and sixth grade, and thier parents.

　　The main results were as follows:

　　1. The families in higher levels of psychological health of family had more positive and frequent communication in meals than the families in lower level.

　　2. The children in psychologically healthy families had strong psychological connections with their parents and recognized thier meal situation as being positive.

　　3. The children in psychologically healthy families drew pictures of their meal situations in a good atomosphere.