保育者養成校の学生が持つ子育て家庭イメージに影響を与える要因

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This study investigated the image of Child-rearing Family that students of a childcare worker training school have and considered the relations between their image of child-rearing family, the students' own growth environment, their experience with children, and their cognition of children. We asked 534 students of the College of Nursery School Teacher Education to fill out a questionnaire and conducted factor analysis and path analysis on their data. Factor analysis results revealed four patterns of image of child-rearing family: "Sense of Life Going Smoothly", "Feelings of Fatigue and Hectic Schedule", "Feelings of Happiness and Satisfaction" and "Help-seeking Intention". Path analysis results revealed that "Experience in caring for children" was the factor that influenced "Desired Number of children", "Liking for Children", and "Motives for Becoming a Childcare worker". "Liking for Children" and "Motives for Becoming a Childcare worker" influenced the positive images "Sense of Life Going Smoothly" and "Feelings of Happiness and Satisfaction". "Affection from Own Parent" influenced positive child-rearing family image directly. "Experience in caring for children" was the only factor that reduced child-rearing related stress in "Help-seeking Intention". We concluded practical training experience and affirmative guidance for students are effective in the construction of realistic child-rearing family image.