A study of the behavioral approach to one's character was made by the Fujiwara method with regard to the rearers of 401 5-year-old children, classifying the subjects into a few patterns by their taste for egg dishes and their home environment according to the χ
2 method. The results are summarized as follows.
Regardless of pattern, egg dishes such as custard pudding, egg rolls, and pot-steamed hotchpotch (chawanmushi) are favorites with most children. The taste for egg dishes by patterns shows that there are abnormals (Type I Affection Rejection and Type II Overprotectiveness) in Kitakyushu, where the percentage of dislikes is comparatively low. Among the abnormals (Type II Overprotectiveness and Type III Confusion) in Shikoku, there is a high percentage of dislikes for and unfamiliarity with raw eggs, boiled eggs, and fried eggs.
In the aspect of home environment of the children there are more positive behaviors in the abnormals (Type I Affection Rejection) related to sharing of taste between child and rearer in general. Locally there is a high percentage of sharing of taste between child and rearer in the Shikoku district according to pattern. Sharing of taste is seen more in egg rolls and custard pudding than in any other egg dishes.
Environmental factors in the abnormals are where the rearer is other than the mother, the child is an only child, the mother is working, and very strict table manners are enforced.
Analysis of principal component reveals that there is an active tendency in the abnormals (Type III Confusion) and the normals in Kitakyushu and also in the abnormals (Type I Afection Rejection and Type II Overprotectiveness) in Shikoku though the normals in Shikoku are quite passive.
In the pattern of taste for egg dishes, the horizontal axis represents those which retain the original shape such as raw eggs, boiled eggs, fried eggs. The vertical axis represents dishes in which the original form cannot be recognized, such as pot-steamed hotchpotch (chawanmushi), custard pudding, and egg roll, which are prepared by heating and adding seasonings. The abnormals of Kitakyushu (Type III Confusion) is a remarkable pattern.
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