We conducted a questionnaire survey to elucidate cross-sectionally the correlation between personal lifestyles and mental health (self-rating stress and depression estimated by SDD),　and to investigate the significance of lifestyle intervention to promote mental health in a rural district.
The results obtained were as follows. Good lifestyle was correlated with low incidences of stress and depression irrespective of gender. This correlation was remarkable more in females than in males, and significantly strong in the 40's and the 50's.
The results indicate that better personal lifestyles by lifestyle intervention may contribute to not only physical health promotion but also mental health promotion of residents.

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The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of learning with CAI teaching materials "Resuscitation" in both sides of cognition and feeling and to search for their effective use. Forty students in the second grade of Nursing, K University who had finished the course of resuscitation were selected for this study. The students were classified into two groups to study resuscitation again: one group assisted by CAI teaching materials and the other not counting on them. In a survey to determine the level of knowledge acquired from the learning, the average scores were compared between the two groups. In a questionnaire survey, answers were quantified and the average scores by items were compared. The results were as follows.
1. The survey on the level of knowledge acquired from the learning showed that the average score and the pointbiserial correlation of the CAI group were higher than that of the non-CAI group and the difference was significant.
The average scores of the difference in the CAI group between the test before and after the learning were higher than that of the non-CAI group in the both of higher level group and lower level group though the difference was not significant.
2. In the questionnaire survey on the learning, the average scores gained by the CAI group of such items as concerns, interests and desires related to the learning were higher and the difference was significant.
As stated above, the use of CAI "Resuscitation" materials as tools for repeated learning would be more effective than learning without this materials.

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This study was designed to construct a coping scale for nursing students, and assessed its reliablity and validity.
First, I performed a preliminary assessment on 322 nursing students, and obtained free answers to the following questions: 'What is the most stressful experience you've had at school?' and 'How did you cope with it?'. Coping was obtained in the 39 items as the result, therefore, I constructed a preliminary scale consisting of 34 items, i. e., 10 items for positive coping, 10 for evasion of the stress and 14 for coping by controlling their emotions, taking into consideration the following 3 points: 1) the situation in which they behaved could be specified, 2) the behavioral level is definite and performed with effort, and 3) the number of individual subscales is equal. The validity of its content was also assessed.
Second, answers to all of the items in the preliminary scales were obtained from 551 nursing students. The answers were graded on a 4-step scales. i. e., 4 points were given for 'used very much' and 1 point for 'never used'.
Next, varimax rotation of factor analysis was conducted in order to identify the structure of the scale. Ten items in the preliminary scale were omitted because of their little weight and un-suitable factors.
Finally, factor analysis showed three factors in the scale: 8 for positive coping, 6 for avoidance of the stress and 10 for coping by controlling their emotions. Cronbach's α were 0.57-0.77, and reliability was evaluated.
As a result, the coping scale for nursing student was constructed of 24 items, consisting of 3 subscales.

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The purpose of this study was to estimate the effect of sufficiency of one's life values on subjective feeling of stress of residents.
We surveyed 2022 residents aged 30-69 years of age, and questioned sufficiency of values for 13 life items to estimate subjective feeling of stress by self-rating of 5 grades.
Correlation between sufficiency of one's values for life items and subjective feeling of stress was analyzed by multivariate analysis.
The results obtained were as follows.
1)The life value items significantly related to subjective feeling of stress were found to be health, family, job, hobby/leisure, residential circumstances and income.
2)The life value item significantly related to subjective feeling of stress in males was found to be job, health, income, residential circumstances, and family, while in females it was family, hobby/leisure, and health.
3)The life value items significantly related to subjective feeling of stress people in their 30's were found to be family job, health, and hobby/leisure. For people in their 40's they were health, for people in their 50's family, and for those in their 60's residential circumstances.
The present study suggests that, from the point of sufficiency of one's values, irrespective of sex health and family are strongly correlated to subjective feeling of stress of residents.

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In order to make obvious about effects of hot bath on brain function, we investigated the frequency analysis of electroencephalogram (EEG). Subjects were 9 female college students (who are all healthy), and their EEG were measured before, during, just after, 15 min and 30 min after bathing. Subjective perception of consciousness and comfort were measured by visual analog scale (VAS) at the same time. Experiments were achieved by following three conditions; 1) Control (only bathing behavior), 2) Hot (bathing at 35℃), and 3) Cool (bathing at 41-42℃). the EEG was monopolarly induced from Fz, Cz, Pz, and Oz according to the national ten-twenty methods by an original EEG equipment (NEC SAN-EI), and record ed on digital audio tapes. These EEGs were digitized and filtered with 2.0-30 Hz by a personal computer, and their frequencies were analyzed by the fast Fourier transformation (FFT) method. Total power of the EEG. and ％ power ratio of six bands, (delta, theta, alpha-1, alpha-2, beta-1, and beta-2 bands) to the total power were calculated. Results are as follows. The total power in the Fz was tended to decrease, and ％ power of the beta-1 in the Fz showed statistically significant increase during bathing in the Hot condition (2-way ANOVA, p<0.05). The VAS values of consciousness in all three conditions were tended to increase during bathing, and to decrease after bathing. However, there were no significant difference in these VAS values among three conditions. These results suggest that the hot bath is effective to the brain activation and the temperature control is one of the very serious factors.

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