2013 Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 111-119
The purpose of this study was to clarify parents’ influence on the consciousness and behavior of people in their twenties relating to mottainai in daily lives. The results were as follows: 1) The degree of the parents’ consciousness was relatively higher than that of the young people. 2) The number of items that male parents and sons considered as mottainai was smaller than those considered by females. Moreover the level of behavior of male parents was far lower than their consciousness. 3) Although female parents generally educated their children more than male parents, the latter taught their sons about repairing items more than female parents. 4) If the parents displayed a high level of behavior, the sons and daughters did the same, and vice versa. 5) The behavior of the parents and the upbringing by parents affected the behavior of their sons and daughters. The effect of female parents’ behavior on their daughters was strong, and the effect of male parents’ upbringing and that of parents’ behavior on their sons were significant. 6) Improvement in saving energy and resources would depend on sons’ and male parents’ behavior relating to mottainai in daily lives.
