A Survey on Teachersʼ Anxiety in Connection with the Occurrence of Natural Disasters in Preschools

Abstract

  The purpose of this study was to elucidate visually the current situation surrounding teachers' anxiety in connection with the occurrence of natural disasters in preschools. In total, 829 teachers completed a questionnaire about anxiety when a disaster occurs. As a result, the “leading children to a safe refuge when a disaster occurs” network consisted of 5 subgraphs. Because the frequency of appearance of each word that composed the network was high, teachers seem to be very anxious about that network. Additionally, it seems that teachers did not assume that they would be able to collaborate with the local community at the time of disaster. It was suggested that there was a great psychological burden on teachers during disasters because they recognized that they themselves were responsible for disaster prevention in facilities.