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The author conducted a research in order to introduce a psychosomatic approach to the field of education for young children. The tool used for investigation was the egogram check list which was designed by Sugita et al. on basis of transactional analysis theory. The subject consisted of 130 parents of kindergarten children (age 4), 101 5th and 8th graders (ages 11 and 14 respectively) and their parents. The resuls were summarized as follows : 1. A total of 26 types of egograms were identified. After observing the parents of preadolescent children with psychosomatic disorders and behavior problems, egograms were grouped into 2 major types, that is 1) the desirable type consisting of 6 subtypes and 2) the undesirable type consisting of 20 subtypes. 2. Out of 16 problem children in kindergarten, 93.7% of their fathers and 81.3% of their mothers showed undesirable egograms, whereas 6.3% of their fathers and 18.7% of their mothers showed desirable ones. A markedly significant difference was found between these 2 types. 3. Undesirable egograms were examined in the parents of 5th and 8th graders. A correlation was found between parents and children. In the 8th graders, a correlation of egograms between parents and children was higher than that found in the 5th graders. These are the results of one research which are now under way. It is suggested that psychosomatic consideration can improve the effect of education for kindergarten as well as school children. The author hopes to continue with the present research in order to confirm the signification of a psychosomatic approach of young children.
