A Study of Infants' Crying at Day Nurseries through an Observational Record by Nursery Teachers(Part I Free Topic Articles)

• Negayama Koichi

  早稲田大学

• Hoshi Miwako

  十文字学園女子大学

• Tsuchiya Michiko

  東横学園女子短期大学

• Matsunaga Shizuko

  白鷺保育園

• Shiomi Toshiyuki

  東京大学

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 保育園0歳児クラスにおける乳児の泣き
• 保育園0歳児クラスにおける乳児の泣き--保育士による観察記録を手がかりに
• ホイクエン 0サイジ クラス ニ オケル ニュウジ ノ ナキ ホイクシ ニ ヨル カンサツ キロク オ テガカリ ニ
• ―保育士による観察記録を手がかりに―

Abstract

This study investigates conditions surrounding infants' crying at day nurseries, and aims to examine the quality of daycare. In the day nurseries, 570 babies were observed. For each subject, the state of each period of crying, as well as its cause and the adult's techniques used to calm the child, were recorded during one day by his/her nursery teacher. The results show: 1. As a whole, the frequency of crying was highest in the morning and then declined; 2. The causes of crying were interpreted by the adults as mostly physical, though social causes increased with age in months; 3. Crying interpreted as having a physical origin was nevertheless dealt with by applying social techniques like holding; 4. The duration and the strength of a baby's crying were related significantly to the length of professional experience of his/her practitioner.

Journal

• RESEARCH on EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE and EDUCATION in JAPAN

  RESEARCH on EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE and EDUCATION in JAPAN 43 (2), 179-186, 2005

  JAPAN SOCIETY of RESEARCH on EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE and EDUCATION

Keywords

• cry
• infant
• nursery
• quality of daycare
• nursery teacher

Details

• CRID: 1390282680746231168
• NII Article ID: 110004799491
• NII Book ID: AN10378027
• DOI: 10.20617/reccej.43.2_179
• ISSN: 24241679
• ISSN: 13409808
• NDL BIB ID: 7978656
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I7978656
• Text Lang: ja
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• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed