A Review of Environmental Factors of the First Year Elementary Pupils’ Fears on the First Day of School

Abstract

Worries of parents with first year school pupils start with the beginning of the school
year. One of these worries is the fear of school. The aim of this article is to remove these fears
in pupils by conducting a careful study. We have therefore endeavored to find out the reasons
and the environmental factors involved in these types of reactions by conducting a questionnaire
and direct interviews with the parents of the first year pupils. The results of the study indicate
that some of these children avoid going to school because other activities are more interesting
for them and are usually considered as truant. Using this information, we hope to find a set of
appropriate principles and behaviors in parents and the board of school directors in order to
help resolve the restless behavior in our children at the beginning of school and to be able to
distinguish between environmental factors of fear of school and truancy.