According to a survey by Tohoku University International Research Institute of Disaster Science and Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, behavioral regulations aimed at preventing the spread of new coronavirus infections, such as restrictions on unnecessary and urgent going out, have a great impact on researchers. rice field.
According to Tohoku University, the research was conducted by a research group of Professor Yasuhiro Miki, Specially Appointed Associate Professor Natsuko Nakabachi, Professor Fumihiko Imamura, and Professor Kiyoshi Ito of the International Research Institute for Disaster Science.
In June, the research group conducted an impact survey of 6 men and women over the age of 1,963 nationwide, including 20 researchers, and analyzed the results. The percentage of researchers who answered "There was" or "I received or gave harassment" was higher.
In addition, as a result of detailed interviews with 300 researchers who participated in this survey, the percentage of those who received harassment and the total number of those who answered that "motivation was significantly reduced" and "motivation was reduced". Was found to be higher for women.
It was also found that in the group with high restrictions on research activities, future anxiety and motivation were significantly reduced.Researchers are constantly prone to unstable psychology in obtaining research funding and securing posts, and the research group believes that behavioral regulation may have exacerbated such anxiety.
Paper information:[Progress in Disaster Science] Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the research environment and motivation of researchers in Japan
