Sasaki Natsu
Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
J Occup Health. 2025 Jan 7;67(1). doi: 10.1093/joccuh/uiaf039.
School refusal is rising globally and has reached an all-time high in Japan. It imposes critical work-family conflict on employed parents, with preliminary surveys linking it to job loss, depression, and anxiety. Despite its public health importance, work-family conflict due to school refusal has scarcely been studied in occupational health. This Opinion reviews existing research on parents of school-refusing children, discusses how occupational health professionals can support this underserved population, and outlines priorities for future research to mitigate the impacts on working-age parents' health and employment.
拒绝上学的现象在全球范围内呈上升趋势，在日本更是达到了历史最高水平。这给在职父母带来了严重的工作与家庭冲突，初步调查将其与失业、抑郁和焦虑联系起来。尽管学校拒绝上学导致的工作与家庭冲突具有公共卫生重要性，但职业健康领域对此几乎没有进行过研究。本观点文章回顾了关于拒绝上学儿童父母的现有研究，讨论了职业健康专业人员如何支持这一未得到充分服务的人群，并概述了未来研究的重点，以减轻对适龄在职父母健康和就业的影响。
