Creation of the "principal form of nurturingl" in an aging society with declining birth rate

本研究的目的是探讨在出生率下降的老龄化社会中的主要养育方式，并实现下一代健康安全发展的途径。本研究以定量研究为主，采用定量与定性相结合的研究方法。本研究由以下3个子研究构成：1）日本育儿的大型定量研究：EPSI（2002-2004）和EPSI added SOC（2005-2008）的英文版在国际上首次发表于Journal of Japan Child and Family Research Institute。2)1）的国际比较：芬兰的合作研究员Eija Paarvilainen也进行了EPSI和SOC。3)芬兰的田野工作：人们普遍认为，孩子应该由家庭成员在家里抚养，直到学龄前，所以这似乎是芬兰的常识。芬兰方面已将论文提交给《健康心理学杂志》（2014年5月27日，接待处）。

The purpose of this study is to examine the principal form of nurturing in an ageing society with a declining birth rate,and to realize the route for healthy and safe development of the next generation. We have proceeded the mix method of Quantitative and Qualitative research, mainly conducting Quantitative.This study was constructed by 3 subresearch next, 1)The Large Quantitative Research on Child-raising in Japan : We used EPSI,SOC.There were 1st reports of EPSI (2002-2004) and EPSI added SOC (2005-2008) in English in the Journal of Japan Child and Family Research Institute internationally. 2) International Comparison of 1) : Eija Paarvilainen, co-researcher in Finland conducted EPSI and SOC, too. 3) The Fieldwork in Finland : There was an ordinary thought that a child should have been raised by family members in the house until the preschool-period, so it seemed Finnish common sense. Finland side has submitted the paper for the Journal of Health Psychology (27 May.2014, reception).