抄録
It has been recognized that there may be many psychological factors influencing to the onset and course of asthma in children, and it is necessary to treat them from the psychological standpoint. In clinical practice, however, it is difficult to perform a research on psychological factors, as intake interview takes too much time, and there are some problems with regard to the techniques of psychological tests. The authors tried to prepare a questionnaire for an easier approach to psychological factors influencing the asthmatic children. As the first procedure, Rorschach-test, YG test and Parent-Child relation test were conducted to the asthmatic children and Parent-Child relation test was conducted to the asthmatic children and Parent-Child relation test was conducted to their mothers. Nephritis patients and the normal children were compared as a control. As the results, the authors concluded that asthmatic children were characterized with their passivity, mental immaturity, poor activity, anxiety, lack of self support, lack of vitality and dependency. In general, the characteristics of mothers of asthmatic children included overprotection, interference and rejection toward their children. This questionnaire (in the children with bronchial asthma) is considered useful for grasping psychological factors.
