1991 年 5 巻 2 号 p. 121-134
This comparative study analyzes clinically the psychological aspects of school refusal in relation to parent-child relationship between Korean and Japanese cases.
The subjects of this study are Case J and Case K, which are most typical and representative of school refusal in both countries.
The psychological responses of children to their roles as the cause of school refusal were the focus of this study.
With regard to psychological aspect of school refusal, Japanese children refuse to go to school from anxiety and fear despite their willingness to, revealing the seclusive and a-social tendency. In contrast, Korean children refuse school attendance from reluctance, showing the delinquent and antisocial tendency. It was the common characteristic of the two cases that both of them have the senses of inferiority and injustice resulting from the experience of interpersonal frustration at school.
In the parent-child relationship of the cases, it is assumed that Case J lacks the frustration tolerance and autonomy from the loss of control of the father's side and from the overprotection of the mother's part. Case K is assumed to indulge into delinquency from the resistance to father’s despotic control and mother’s neglect.
In short, the common characteristic of the both cases is the lack of guidance and affection from parents.