1991 年 39 巻 2 号 p. 182-185
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychological stress in school life. Subjects were 119 boys and 120 girls from 4th, 5th and 6th grades of elementary school. The structure of psychological stress was investigated by means of the factor analysis, and four different factors were extracted from 20 given items. Each factor was labeled respectively as follows: Fl: human relation to classmates; F2: presentation in the class; F3: school achievement, and F4: failure in the class. Significant sex differences in children's psychological stress were found: females were seen more responsive than males, whereas there was no difference in grade.