Survey for junior high school students

Purpose
To actually quantify how much you know about stress and mental illness.

Target
98 2nd and 3rd graders at Shibaura Institute of Technology Kashiwa Junior High School

Day
2022.10.29.

　The following headings are statements of the questions asked. and the data in the pie charts are shown for the total and for men and women respectively.

①Do you feel stressed in school?

　The most common response to this question was "feel it sometimes" for both men and women. The fact that fewer women responded "don't feel much" indicates that women are more stressed at school. The percentages of those who answered "always feel" and "never felt it" were almost the same regardless of gender.

②Comparing pre-Corona and now, have you felt any change in stress in your daily life?

　　There was little difference between men and women on this question. Half of the respondents say they have not changed much, and about 40% say they feel it more. It can be said that the coronary pandemic has increased the overall stress in daily life.

➂Do you have your own way of relieving stress?

　Many men and women responded to this question that they have, but the percentage was about 14% higher for women. Overall, we can see that about two-thirds of the respondents have their own methods of stress reduction.と分かります。

➃To those who answered "yes" to ➂, how exactly do you relieve stress?

This question was written, and we received many responses. The following is a list of excerpts from those responses.

・Sleep 　　　　・Take part in club activities 　　　・Listen to music
・Gaming 　　　・Running, exercising 　　　　　　・Eating a lot of favorite foods
・Watching cartoons, dramas, and videos　　　　 ・Shouting or singing loudly
・Throwing, tearing, or punching things 　　　　　・Self-injurious behavior
・Talking and complaining a lot with friends

　The two main types of responses can be categorized as "doing a lot of things I like to do, such as hobbies, to distract myself" and "hitting things or screaming like crazy. Specifically, the majority of respondents answered games, the Internet, and TV.

⑤Please select all of the following diseases of which you know the names.

・Dissociative disorder ・Obsessive-compulsive disorder ・Bipolar disorder
・Adjustment disorder ・Schizophrenia disorder ・Personality disorder
・PTSD ・Don't know all of them




　This is the result.





　Both adjustment disorders and PTSD were known by more than half of the respondents. However, the overall percentage was small, indicating that the types of mental disorders are not widely known to the public. In addition, about 20% of respondents did not know about all of them.








⑥Please select all of the following treatment methods you know the names of.

・Drug therapy ・Modified electroconvulsive therapy
・Psychosocial treatment ・Autonomia training methods ・Don't know all of them




　This is the result.



　About 64% knew about drug therapy. Most people, about 10%, did not know about modified electroconvulsive therapy. About 30% of the respondents did not know about all of them.








⑦Do you know of any places where I can discuss my concerns about mental illness?




　The majority of both men and women answered "no" to this question. It is understandable that many people do not know where they can go for help, and many people take on mental illness on their own. Many people do not know what kind of hospital to go to or whether their condition is really something they need to consult.