• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to previous page

A Study on Parents' Life Structures and Consciousness in Their "Empty-Nest" Life Stages

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10680115
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 家政学一般(含衣・住環境)
Research InstitutionNara Women's University

Principal Investigator

ISHIKAWA Minoru  Nara Women's University, Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Professor, 生活環境学部, 教授 (20039118)

Project Period (FY) 1998 – 1999
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
KeywordsEmpty-Nest (Stage) / Middle Age (Stage) / Identity Crisis / Changes of Role-Set of Couples / エンプティ・ネスト(期) / 空の巣期
Research Abstract

Depending on our inquest research in 1998 titled "Parents' Consciousness in empty-nest", we made another one in 1999 titled "Correlations between empty-nest and middle age stage"
As a result, we got some major findings as follows :
(1)Parents are becoming aware of it before their youngest children leave home.
(2)With respect to changes and coordination of statuses and roles of parents when they have faced the "empty-nest", differences are found between sexes. While males are apt to compensate for the loss of status and roles as father by orienting to strengthen the relationship to the wife, females are apt to compensate by searching relations outside of the home.
(3)With respect to changes and coordination of statuses and roles of individuals when they have been aware of being in "middle age", males are apt to coordinate along with their career-line, whereas females are apt to try to find new statues besides former ones.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1999 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All Other

All Publications (3 results)

  • [Publications] 石川実、山下美紀、大石美佳: "「エンプティ・ネスト期」自覚と「中年期」自覚に関する一研究"家族研究論叢. 第6号. (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Minoru Ishikawa, Miki Yamashita, and Mika Oishi: "Parents' Awareness of Empty-Nest Stage and Their Own Middle Age Stages"Nara Journal of Family Studies. No.6. 13-38 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 石川実,山下美紀,大石美佳: "「エンプティ・ネスト期」自覚と「中年期」自覚に関する-研究"家族研究論叢. 第6号. (2000)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report

URL: 

Published: 1998-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi