An International Comparison on Child-Rearing : Basic Research for the Purpose of Developing a Child-Rearing Program for use in Japanese households

这项研究的重点是“40项发展资产”（儿童生活中应该存在的态度和能力，以便他们发展成为完全社会化的成年人。《发展资产概况》（Search Institute，明尼阿波利斯）被翻译成日语，在日本各地的81所小学、初中和高中进行了调查（14，410份答复）。分析表明，日本儿童拥有的资产量远低于美国儿童，且资产量随年龄增长而减少。从这些结果中，我们发现，成年人（家庭、社区、学校）努力为儿童提供进一步增加这些发展资产所需的必要环境至关重要。

This research focused on the '40 Developmental Assets' (the attitudes and abilities which should be present in children's lives in order for them to develop into fully-socialized adults. The 'Developmental Assets Profile' (Search Institute, Minneapolis) was translated into Japanese and conducted in 81 elementary, junior and senior high schools around Japan (14,410 responses). Analysis shows that the amount of Assets possessed by Japanese children was far lower than that of American children, and the amount of Assets decreased with age. From these results, we showed that it is critical for adults (family, community, school) to work on providing the necessary environment for children needed for the further increase of these Developmental Assets.