Abstract
This is a study of substances in the student apathy at our dental school.
In the investigation of the student apathy, we used a printed form “A questionnaire of an apathy”, which was made in the Hirosima University. This questionnaire was composed with 77 items, 46 items were subjective factors, 13 items were university factors and 18 items were social factors.
The subjects were 821 students in the all grade from 1st to 6 th of dental school, Aichi Gakuin University.
The results were as follows.:
1. The total score of student apathy was the lowest in 1st grade and tended to increased gradually. This tendency got to peak in 4 th grades, but decreased again from 5 th to 6 th grades.
2. The score of apathy about subjective factors was the same tendency, the peak was 4 th grades, as showed in the total score.
3. The score of apathy about university factors was not evident than the total score or the subjective score
4. In the score of social factors, there was a little change among each grade.
5. In the professional education, there was the most items which increasing the ratio of apathy.
