僻地児童のパーソナリティの研究

P.F.T.の結果を中心として

抄録

1. Purpose: This study attempts to investigate the process of personality development of th rural pupils in their particular environment, primarily based upon the results obtained by the Picture Frustration Test and some other supplementary procedure.
2. Methods and Procedure: Subjects are the fourth-grade pupils in the compound classes in the culturally and geographically isolated area. Their personality traits are described mostly based upon the analytical study of their responses to P. F. T., and the fundamental characteristics of major aspects of personality are explained and discussed to the extent that this study has assured, referring to the data obtained from other devices such as C. A. T., educational environment questionaires sociometric test, and an B-type intelligence test.
3. Results and Discussions:
a) Intellectual aspect. The mean of IQ is not so low in general, but the number of the superior is rather small comparing with the inferior. They show the immaturity in the sentence expression and the ability to transfer. General achievements are also low.
b) Emotional aspect. In general emotions are simple, needs not differentiated, and they show the stability as a such of the primary group.
c) Social aspects. They appear to be immature in sociability. Living in the limited social life, they are dull in competition, lacking of independence, deficient in energy.
d) Behavioral aspect. They tend to submit easily to authority without conceiving it as the power possiblly acts upon them. This may be due to the potential resignation caused by their less awareness of complex needs and pressures.