大学生が認識するテレビゲームの功罪について

　In recent years, the harmful effects of video games accompanied by virtual reality in addition to violent imagery has been pointed out. This study uses the KJ method to undertake a qualitative study of how children are affected by video games that include violent imagery, focusing on university and college students as subjects who have many opportunities to interact with video games.　As a result, it was found that opportunities exist for children to engage with video games including violent imagery at an early age, and the possibility was suggested that this may have a negative effect over the long term. On the other hand, games including violent imagery also represent a means of interacting with others, and it is important to provide instruction on how to interact with video games including violent imagery at an early stage

水辺遊び時の子どもと同伴者の不安全行動および水浴場の管理体制について

　This study aimed to clarify the unsafe behaviours of children playing and their companions, and safety management at public bathing areas. The research was conducted at 18 public bathing areas (beaches and lakes) in Japan’s Kinki region.In total, information on 2358 events was collected, involving 3650 children and 2332 companions.　While 2550 children (69.8%) wore flotation devices such as lifejackets or swim belts, 955 children (26.2%) played by the water with no such equipment. In comparison, only 474 companions (20.3%) wore flotation devices, a lower ratethan among children. In addition, 429 cases (17.8%) were seen of children playing alone or in small groups of two or more. Lifeguards or others monitoring for water accidents were in 16 of the bathing areas, and life-saving devices such as rescue boards and tubes in 10 of the bathing areas.　To reduce unsafe situations and behaviours of children playing at the waterside, efforts must be made to educate children about water accidents and safety in schools, and to focus their guardians’ attention on the risk of water accidents

The Relationship Between Health Concerns and Self-efficacy Among New University Students

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the interest in understanding of health knowledge and health behaviors and the trait of self-efficacy of new university students. We surveyed the level of interest in and understanding of health knowledge of ‘exercise’, ‘diet’ and ‘sleep/rest’, and generalized self-efficacy of 260 new university students. We compared the scores of generalized self-efficacy in the groups based on a combination of the degree of interest in the three health areas and the average number of correct answers in health knowledge. Notably, the group with a higher interest in health and higher understanding of health knowledge had a significantly a higher generalized self-efficacy than the group with a lower interest in health（p< 0.05）. To promote health education and its retention among new university students and to encourage health behaviors based on such knowledge, it was considered that assessing the high level of generalized self-efficacy as an internal factor of individuals would be an effective method.departmental bulletin pape