Effects of emotion regulation strategies on mental health among children and adolescents with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder

• Project/Area Number: 16K17310
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Kobe Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Murayama Yasuo 神戸学院大学, 心理学部, 准教授 (00728785)
• Research Collaborator: Shimabukuro Fumina
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 情動調整 / 高機能自閉スペクトラム症 / 抑うつ症状 / 自閉スペクトラム症 / 児童生徒 / 自閉症スペクトラム障害 / メンタルヘルス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, self-reported investigation was conducted to examined association between emotion regulation strategies and depressive symptom among 54 children and adolescents (4th-9th grades, 43 boys and 11 girls) with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. We used a hierarchical regression analysis in which Step 1 included demographic variables (gender and grades) and Step 2 included four emotion regulation strategies (i.e., rumination, problem-solving, distraction, and cognitive reappraisal). According to the analysis, rumination and cognitive reappraisal were shown to be unique contributions to the levels of depressive symptoms (rumination β=.459, p<.01; cognitive reappraisal β=-.332, p<.05）.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

国外では，これまでに自閉スペクトラム症児の情動調整に関する調査はあったものの，国内においてはそのような知見はほとんど認められなかった。本研究の結果を踏まえると，抑うつへの脆弱性が高いとされる高機能自閉スペクトラム症児への抑うつ予防においては，反すうの減弱および認知的再評価の向上が重要であることが示唆される。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Relationships Between Emotion Regulation Strategies and Depressive Symptoms and Aggressive Behavior : Elementary and Middle School Students (2017)
  • Author(s): 村山 恭朗、伊藤 大幸、高柳 伸哉、上宮 愛、中島 俊思、片桐 正敏、浜田 恵、明翫 光宣、辻井 正次
  • Journal Title: The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology Volume: 65 Issue: 1 Pages: 64-76
  • DOI: 10.5926/jjep.65.64
  • NAID: 130006602594
  • ISSN: 0021-5015, 2186-3075
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] 自閉スペクトラム症特性をもつ児童生徒における情動調整方略と抑うつ症状の関連 (2019)
  • Author(s): 島袋史奈・村山恭朗
  • Organizer: 日本発達心理学会第30回大会
• [Presentation] 自閉スペクトラム症特性をもつ児童生徒における情動調整方略と抑うつ症状の縦断的関連 (2019)
  • Author(s): 島袋史奈・村山恭朗
  • Organizer: 日本心理臨床学会第38回大会